New processing style......

gmonkeh

I've been working on a "style" of processing and I think I like this one the best so far. It's a mix of desat/split toning using solid color adjustment layers. +masking back some of the original colorings.

Let me know what you guys think.

wxwax

Overall I understand it. Except for the face. It looks bizarre. I think the no-detail/high key thing is so different to everything else in the shot, it looks weird. Plus, it has a tint.

gmonkeh

The face wasnt through processing, I had my light a little too hot, so that side of her face was slightly overexposed. I liked the shot/pose so I kept it.

And do you mind pointing out what tint?

but aside from the overblown face does this look good?

Scott_Quier

gmonkeh wrote:

The face wasnt through processing, I had my light a little too hot, so that side of her face was slightly overexposed. I liked the shot/pose so I kept it.

And do you mind pointing out what tint?

but aside from the overblown face does this look good?

Aside from the blown face, this looks very nice. I like it. The tint he is referring to is, I think, a slight magenta. Taking a look at the CMYK numbers, I find the face M/Y ratio to be in the range of 2:1. There should, usually, be a little more Y than M. See this page (link) for reference.

System

neat idea-

I think it looks good-

gmonkeh

Thanks guys, just playing with different variations of the process.
Here's another one.....

CookieS

I like the concept ( i watch supernatural and they do a lot of desat )

but on the second Im not crazy about the skin tone.( kinda dead looking) love the pose,

gpphotos

this seems to work much better on clothing than on skin...i really like the way her clothes came out.

im not a fan of how smooth her skin is either...it takes away from the realism of the person and makes them look plastic. i know all these fashion and glamour mags like to do that stuff, but imho it takes away from the natural beauty of the model and just makes them look fake.

MyView

I like it on the first except for the overexposed face, on the second I'm not too sure. On the first one, I'm not a PS expert or anything and I'm sure there are better ways to do it, but I might try duplicating the layer, darkening the bottom layer and then erasing the face off the top layer to try to even out the lighting a little. I don't know, just a thought.