Sue

ziggy53

This weekend didn't go quite like I had planned. Sue's son and his girlfriend wanted me to do a semi-formal shot of them, but a surgery in the family prevented the sitting.

As usual, Sue was patient and willing for me to photograph her, which is good, because I got her a locket for Valentine's Day, and I think this will work nicely for her image. (Ulterior motives, you say?)

Yuri Pautov

ziggy53 wrote:

This weekend didn't go quite like I had planned. Sue's son and his girlfriend wanted me to do a semi-formal shot of them, but a surgery in the family prevented the sitting.

As usual, Sue was patient and willing for me to photograph her, which is good, because I got her a locket for Valentine's Day, and I think this will work nicely for her image. (Ulterior motives, you say?)

Good work, Ziggy!
I like her natural smile. But it seems to me a bit oversharped.
Spasibo,
Yuri

HeldDown

I agree with Yuri, it looks great! Nice exposure. And same, it seems a touch oversharpened; as well, I might go curve out a bit of red in an adjustment layer, but that's just personal taste. Looks awesome

ziggy53

Yuri and HeldDown,

You are both right! I sharpen after I re-sample for the Web, and sometimes it is too much.

Here is a version with just some sharpening attention to the eyes.

Davidoff

I agree with them, but also, I'd say it's a bit over saturated. Also, I'm not that fond of the background. Apart from that, nice portrait.

ziggy53

Davidoff and HeldDown,

I no longer have access to my usual quality monitor, so I will defer to your sense that the original is oversaturated. (This is also the first image where the first treatment was done with "freeware", first through Raw Shooter Essentials and then using the GIMP for Windows.)

I used PS7 to lighten and blur the background, and I reduced the red skin tone and also reduced overall saturation by just a bit.

How does this look?

Thanks,

ziggy53

Yuri Pautov

ziggy53 wrote:

How does this look?

Thanks,

ziggy53

This one looks much better!
Yuri

ziggy53

Thanks Yuri,

That means a lot!

Schast'ya i zdorov'ya! (Happiness and health)

ziggy53

I ordered 8x10" prints based on the last post on 2/17/2006, and I was not satisfied with the results.

I went back to square one, the RAW file, and processed it with much lower contrast overall, but especially lower shadow contrast.

I exported the file as a 16 bit TIF and brought it into PS7, where I reworked the skin tones "by the numbers", (hopefully).

Would some kind person check to see if the skin tones are now (more) reasonable?

Thoughts?

Thanks,

ziggy53

ziggy53

(re:Previous post)

Would some kind person check the above image to see if the skin tones are now (more) reasonable?

Please? (I know, I forgot.)

Thanks,

ziggy53