Oh, the background can be dealt with, although that's usually not my style to manipulate a photo in that way. I may do it just for my own kicks, and maybe even post just to see what you think, but it wouldn't be what I'd usually do. There's a feature in Photoshop PS that's I'd like to try. It's called "Lens Blur" and it works more like the bokeh of a lens than the more typical Gaussian blur.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Markus Maurer > it would be quite a strong portrait for me without the busy background. > Like this it does not work for me and I see no way to improve it. > greetings > Markus > > > > >>I'm not sure if I like this one. There are some aspects to it that I find > >>quite compelling, and others that suggest I could have done a much better > >>job on this one. Others from the series were dismal failures. > >> > >>http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/wiw.html > >> > >> > >>Shel >
