Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Congratulations on having such a beautiful, photogenic wife. An
> excellent subject to practice on as you extend your repertoire to
> portraiture beyond Rambo. :-)
I'll second that. And at least your wife will occasionally sit for a
photo -- mine won't go near my lame studio attempts.
> I actually think you did a bang-up job. Your correspondent's version is
> a bit over the top. I like to soften wrinkles but not remove them. And
> making her skin look like she's a 23 year old Malibu beach bunny
> doesn't quite fit reality. Looking nice is different from looking fake.
Hmmmm. I actually think both versions as presented are too physically
small to make much of a call on this subject. I do like your corr's
warm version for its warmth. Perhaps instead of aggressively removing
wrinkles you could go for a very slight and tasteful "glam" filtering,
such as an Orton effect. Has the twin benefits of increasing the
saturation (without changing the colour balance) and of softening the
image. Done on a second layer in Photoshop, you can do as much or as
little of the effect as you need/wish.
If you need to selectively warm the image, Chuck's idea about masking
the hair is probably your best bet.
(As an aside, where's Moose on this one?)
Garth
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