In ZoomBrowser:
1> increase exposure by +0.5
2> change white balance to "Tungsten"
3> save to TIFF 8.0bit
In PhotoShop
1> Crop
2> convert to B/W
3> Into grayscale mode
4> Into Duntone mode
5> Back to RGB mode
6> Selective color (Nutrals +5; Black +1)
7> flatten
8> Gaussian Blur +20
9> fade in 10%
10> resize to 1024x733
11> n times USM and fad-in
12> resize to fit DPC
13> small amount of USM
14> curve
15> submit
Hope it is receipted well. It is the best portrait I have ever done. I love it a lot!
Big thank to my pretty model - Sky! She is a natural beauty and very co-operative!
Set up: a 60W desklamp as the only light source. a 3 speeds table-top fan to blow her hair up.
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A lovely pose - very wistful. Perhaps a little flat for my taste (slightly too harsh lighting) but only slightly. An attractive portrait and fits the challenge well.
Nice portrait but i would like it more dark with more shadows. Anyway i would put the light source somewhere else to produce more shadows in a way that would look more melencholic(i am a melancholic guy after all). But i like this one too
The light is a little bright on the face, washing out some of the detail. OK for high key, but the overall image doesn't fit what I would call high key. The background creases are a distraction. Good attempt though so 6
It really looks as if it's her expression that makes this shot 'dramatic' and not the light. Would have preferred to see more contrast/harsh shadows around her eyes and nose.
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