a cutie-

System

a coworker's stepdaughter-

Ted Szukalski

very cute indeed. I like the treatment you gave the photo too - little bit reminiscent of oil painting.

rundadar

Interesting. The PP is very proficient and purposefull. The look is over-the-top (matches the title, so most probably intentional). Do I like it - don't know But it's certainly not boring.

ivar

Hi George,

Cute photo, and girl for sure

I feel that the open space would have been better on the right side, or she should have been looking the other way maybe. It seems as if she is looking right out of the photo, and the left side of the photo is 'just there, doing nothing', but that could be me.

I'm not sure if it's the treatment or what, but the whole image just looks unsharp to me... maybe it is just the treatment that is lost on me.

saurora

George you are really becoming masterful at using and tweaking these types of effects. As we know, not everyone likes them, or uses them. They don't work well on every photo, but when they work they can be quite effective. This does have that warm, rich glow of an oil painting. I bet it would be interesting printed on canvas, or even with a canvas texture. Neat job and keep layering!!!

System

thanks much ted-

run-

thanks for commenting-
still working my way towards my 'style' in 'portraiture' (or snapshots---whatever)-
and yes, I do a lot of over the top-

ivar-

thanks-
I did a little blur near the end of pp---maybe a little too much-

System

original-

System

saurora wrote:

George you are really becoming masterful at using and tweaking these types of effects. As we know, not everyone likes them, or uses them. They don't work well on every photo, but when they work they can be quite effective. This does have that warm, rich glow of an oil painting. I bet it would be interesting printed on canvas, or even with a canvas texture. Neat job and keep layering!!!

susan-

you're becoming masterful at using and tweaking comments-

you're a sweetheart! (is it ok to say that?)-

saurora

gefillmore wrote:

susan-

you're becoming masterful at using and tweaking comments-

you're a sweetheart! (is it ok to say that?)-

Yeah, George, you can call me anything you want! They didn't name this smilie after me for nothing, you know! :saurora

DavidTO

George, Edgework often refers to the rule of 70 (I think it's 70!). Anyway, it's the thought that if you like an effect, then turn the opacity on it down to 70%. It's a way of self-limiting overkill.

I think you should follow that rule, or maybe the rule of 50%. Meaning, I think that the treatment you did to her (not the background, mind you, that's pretty cool, what you did!) is over the top. I find much of your processing OTT--to my taste. Always interesting, but also always just too much.

Also, the hyphens at the end of every line. Are you trying to drive me mad? Because it's working!!!

System

thanks david!-

yeah, maybe 50 is more like it-

gee, really?; the hyphens?-

how many years have I done that on the computer?-

anybody else want to chime in?-

maybe you're the one that would tell me I've got a booger hanging out my nose or my zipper's undone or there's spinach in my teeth-

in which case I would be most appreciative-

I dunno; it might be like telling me to quit eating-

I'll definitely take it under advisement-

DavidTO

gefillmore wrote:

I'll definitely take it under advisement-

saurora

DavidTO wrote:

George, Edgework often refers to the rule of 70 (I think it's 70!). Anyway, it's the thought that if you like an effect, then turn the opacity on it down to 70%. It's a way of self-limiting overkill.

I think you should follow that rule, or maybe the rule of 50%. Meaning, I think that the treatment you did to her (not the background, mind you, that's pretty cool, what you did!) is over the top. I find much of your processing OTT--to my taste. Always interesting, but also always just too much.

Also, the hyphens at the end of every line. Are you trying to drive me mad? Because it's working!!!

I usually employ a 50-70% opacity change after analyzing most effects I use. Sometimes even more. It's difficult to judge while you are working on it. I don't use hypens George............................................................................

DavidTO

saurora wrote:

I don't use hypens George............................................................................

Are you saying that George has a booger hanging out of his nose? :yikes

saurora

DavidTO wrote:

Are you saying that George has a booger hanging out of his nose? :yikes

:nah Wrong dude.....that would be Dr. It.

System

DavidTO wrote:

Are you saying that George has a booger hanging out of his nose? :yikes

no, but I need to work on that spinach-

and maybe I can go to rehab and get dehyphened-

System

deasturated and sharpened a wee bit-

System

well, at least I don't use freakin' emoticons-

ziggy53

gefillmore wrote:

deasturated and sharpened a wee bit-

Much better! I like this version.

System

thanks zig!-

Zanotti

Very cool treatment - and its neat to see the origional snapshot and the finished masterpiece.

Any chance that you could give us all a tutorial on your technique? I wouldnt know where to start, but I really love the looks you get.

Thanks,

Z

Thiago Sigrist

Hi George!

I like your strong postprocessing, and I mean strong in more than one way: it alters the original entirely and it's very well made.

The end result is not sharp, but frankly, I think the slight blurriness fits the photo, giving it a more painterly look.

And the girl's expression is priceless! She's indeed so cute!

Thanks so much for sharing!
Take care!

-- thiago

System

Zanotti wrote:

Very cool treatment - and its neat to see the origional snapshot and the finished masterpiece.

Any chance that you could give us all a tutorial on your technique? I wouldnt know where to start, but I really love the looks you get.

Thanks,

Z

thanks much z-

pm to you-

System

Thiago Sigrist wrote:

Hi George!

I like your strong postprocessing, and I mean strong in more than one way: it alters the original entirely and it's very well made.

The end result is not sharp, but frankly, I think the slight blurriness fits the photo, giving it a more painterly look.

And the girl's expression is priceless! She's indeed so cute!

Thanks so much for sharing!
Take care!

-- thiago

thiago-

you are always so kind-

thank you very much-


best

Jeffro

I'll be the odd man out. The girl is cute, but the picture looks oof/blurry to me. If that was the intent of the treatment, I'd pass on it. She looks much more in focus in the original snapshot.