I did a couple of shots of my wife - this was her first choice of pose, right off the bat.
The Edit - cloned out a couple of bright areas and a spurious shadow in Aperture 2, round-tripped it to PS CS4 for Neat Image and Smart Sharpen; back to Aperture 2 for cropping and Monochrome Mixer - I selected a red filter.
I then finished it off in Preview with some slight sepia, colour temperature and contrast tweaks.
I used the monochrome mixer in Aperture 2 with a red software filter - this made her lips paler, which I think is the element that makes the image succeed.
I really like the grain it brought out.
The final PP steps was done in Preview where I sharpened a little and added a sepia tint and a bit of magenta.
[Jan. 25th, 2009 09:30:21 PM]
Comment during voting:
Most people have pulled me up on the grain - I really liked it! It was an active choice to keep it. Though some people may assume that this is due to the 3200 ISO - it isn't, the culprit here is the red filter applied in the monochrome mixer.
Thanks for the comments though!
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