Bill, there are lots of artifacts around the lower tip of the nose, around the nostrils, Likewise where the ear meats the face, around the eyes (eyelashes). There's a blurred area where the boy's shirt collar blends into the skin of his neck (in the front of the shirt), and lots of artifacts along and around the collar of the shirt up near both his shoulders. The area around his lips shows the same problem, as well as a slight blurring where the red of the lips runs into the paler skin. There are many more such areas throughout the photo ... I was about to send you an off list mail about this, but since Markus brought it up I'll just join him and confirm his observations. I'm surprised no one else has seen these problems or that they've chosen not to mention them.
Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax" > [Original Message] > From: William Robb > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Markus Maurer" > Subject: RE: Peso: A recent portrait > > > > Hi William > > I agree with Shel here. The picture suffers extremely from the > > denoising and unprofessional repair process around the nose. > > Interestingly enough, there was no retouching done around the > nose. I wonder what you are seeing? > > William Robb
