Hello, Boris ... My first reaction was that this is a great portrait, but upon looking at it carefully I could see quite a few flaws and areas that, imo, could be improved.
The tonality is pretty good, but a little curves adjustment, using a "S" curve and bringing up the mid tomes a scosh and adding a little more depth to "Zone 3" seemed to make an improvement. Tim's eyes looked a little muddy, so I made a selection and dodged the highlights a scosh, which gave them a little more life and better reflected the light and tones inherent in the original and adjusted version. The difference is subtle but seems to make the eyes come alive a bit, and makes Tim look a little more alive. The focus in the original seems to favor the rear portion of the face. I won't argue the merits of focus points, but by making a selection which includes the front eye, and the closest part of the face and some of the beard, feathering the selection, and adding a little unsharp mask, the focus seems to "shift" a little and makes the OOF closer part of the face seem more in balance with the rear part of the face. You did good on this one, Boris. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Boris Liberman > http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=15048 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
