IMO the catch light in the eyes does it for me - it ruins a very nice, natural looking portrait. I don't think smoothing the skin does the picture any good either. I belive noice reduction and such is for noicy 1600-3200 ASA shots. Not for a beautiful young girl shot in good light at ISO 200-400. I simply like the original better. Sorry! Regards Jens
Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. september 2005 07:00 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/44492373/ A portrait of my co-worker Leah. I tweaked the image in Photoshop - cropped in closer, smoothed out her skin, brightened her teeth, added catchlights to her eyes, lightened the skin tones and blurred the background. I like the finished image, but did I overdo things ? For comparison the original image (converted from RAW) is here http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/44492376/ Shot with *istDS and F 70-210mm. Fred Widall, ======== Yes. Her eyes look totally unnatural. If you want to touch her up, I'd only do a tinge. Marnie aka Doe
