David Savage wrote: >On 3/18/07, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Well I bet she likes the second a bit better but the severe crop would >>be as likely a reason... >> >>It does look "fake" after retouching - it is a bitch to do that stuff... >>but you also changed her coloration. >>(noticed the lipstick changed color :) ) >> >> > >Yep, on purpose too:-) > > I wondered about that, as part of your exercise.
>> agree with Paul, I dont like the framing either. She is a pretty >>woman and no amount of gausian >>blurr with bring back her whole face :) YOu are trying to be too artsy >>, David I think. >> >> > >I think you're the first person to ever accuse me of trying to be too >artsy. Bless you Ann :-) > With the cropping of course, not the prettying up of the subject :) >Personally, I don't like this kind of stuff. I prefer portraits with >texture, but this kind off PP seems to be the common thing these days >so I though I'd have a go. > It is something I've always disliked about the products of the photoshop generation - even when it is done really well... often seems lifeless to me... I certainly preferred your un smudged face >It was a mediocre pic to start with. I was basically an exercise to >practice some new PP techniques & thought I'd throw it out to get a >few critical opinions. > understood. >Thanks for looking & commenting. > >Cheers, > >Dave. > cheers back Dave looking forward to meeting you at GFM if you can figure out how to get there - hehe ann > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
