Hi, The image looks a bit too reddish on my monitor. Ran it through a couple of color checkers to verify - so it's not my monitor calibration that's off. I fiddled a bit with the color inPS and found something that looked a bit more natural. Of course, color is such a subjective thing wrt what one sees and what one likes, so take my comment with that in mind. But to my eyes, it doesn't have that old style, warm tone at all.
More important, I don't like the way the blur looks on this one. The earlier shot, while not without problems, looked nicer, more natural or old fashioned, if that's the look you're for which your striving. I really think that an old lens, used at wider apertures, will give you the look. Photoshop can only do so much - at some point you've got to rely upon your equipment to do the job, or at least give you a good, strong start. The "soft" lens that you're looking for may help, but, from what I've seen over the years of the photos it produces, it too lacks that certain "something" that's so readily found in older glass. BTW, I love that Hedberg tag .... Shel > [Original Message] > From: Gonz > My youngest, she loves drama and this was her chance to act out a little > in front of the camera. I didnt make it entirely Black and White. > Trying to get an "old" portrait look. Do I need to desaturate more? > > http://www.g0nz.com/4imgs/data/media/1/anframe.jpg > > Comments, critiques, etc. welcome.
