Much better without the flames. I'm not very fond of the exaggerated colours, but her expression is good and the cropping supports it.
DagT > Glen wrote: > > > I just thought a few of you might want to see the original portrait > > that I used for the "Burning for You" image: > > > > http://webpages.charter.net/glenweb/ni/Kim_1.jpg > > > > I want to mention that I know the color and tonality of this image > > isn't that of a standard portrait, but that was intentional. I wanted > > something different, something that would get people's attention. I > > also want to add that this was shot on slide film, and that the "look" > > of the image came from the lighting and not from Photoshop. (For those > > people keeping track of such things.) I did use Photoshop to fix one > > or two minor skin blemishes, and a few dust spots on the scan of the > > slide. However, there was no "creative manipulation" involving > > Photoshop. This is how the slide actually looks, and it is also pretty > > darn close to how the scene looked to the naked eye when shooting. > > > > As for the odd cropping, I had considered later adding something into > > the right half of the frame when I took this shot. The large empty > > black area was reserved for that purpose. > > > > As always, comments are always welcome. > > > > > > take care, > > Glen
