- Cropped
- Edited out (cloned out) a few stray hairs and blemishes
- Created 2 dup layers, lightened and blurred; merged one in burn mode at 8%, the other in overlay at 30%; flattened
- Burned and dodged, especially around edges of photo
- Adjusted colours/saturation (less reds/yellows, more greens/blues)
- Resized, sharpened,
- Worked a bit more on contrast, sharpened eye section
- Saved
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Place: 34 out of 199 Avg (all users): 6.2386 Avg (commenters): 8.2857 Avg (participants): 5.9815 Avg (non-participants): 6.4167 Views since voting: 2088 Views during voting: 429 Votes: 264 Comments: 28 Favorites: 1 (view)
Ursula, that's an incredible portrait. The light and tones portray a beautiful painterly look. You work is stunningly painterly even when not trying to be! This was highly underrated. Should have been top 10!
Agree with the other post-challenge comments. This was one of my highest scoring photos, and since voting, I've come back a few times, and just see more and more in it......added to favorites.
Very nicely done, Ursula. Shooting someone wearing glasses in a studio is a PITA to say the least, so i'm doubly impressed. I realize how fortunate I am that this challenge was a bit out of your comfort zone. In just about any other genre I'd have been in serious trouble.
best lighting i've seen thus far in the challenge, dynamic and controled with great skin tone, hope this places highly. as it is simple but affective and thought provoking.
Very good photo : good lighting , good composition , peaceful/serene expression of the model.
About the title , mi querido not only means dear or darling , in case there's no noun after (mi querido marido , mi querido James by example) it could have a different meaning , maybe not exactly what you would like to say.Anyway this is not important for my vote , 8 .
p.s. editing to give an extra point.
good, sharp potrait.
I'm not sure what to say about this photo. I mean, it's good, but not too exciting. But then, it's a potrait of a person (what excitement am I expecting, right?). I guess what I'm trying to say is, there isn't a "wow factor" in it, but still it's a good shot. I'm giving this an 8. cheers.
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