Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-20 Thread danilo
On 9/19/05, Fred Widall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for all the comments - good to see such a level of unanimity on the list for once VBG I was trying for the supermodel/barbie look but guess I overdid things. Funnily enough Leah thought it was a beautiful image, ah well. This

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-19 Thread Cotty
On 18/9/05, Fred Widall, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/44492373/ A portrait of my co-worker Leah. I tweaked the image in Photoshop - cropped in closer, smoothed out her skin, brightened her teeth, added catchlights to her eyes, lightened the skin tones and

RE: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-19 Thread Bob W
riginal Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 18/9/05, Fred Widall, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/44492373/ A portrait of my co-worker Leah. I tweaked the image in Photoshop - cropped in closer, smoothed out her skin, brightened

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-19 Thread Kenneth Waller
: PESO: Portrait of Leah http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/44492373/ A portrait of my co-worker Leah. I tweaked the image in Photoshop - cropped in closer, smoothed out her skin, brightened her teeth, added catchlights to her eyes, lightened the skin tones and blurred the background. I like

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-19 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Fred, Rather than just echo the sentiments expressed by others, I'd be curious to know why you chose to make the adjustments you did, and why to such a degree. And what did Leah think of the result? Shel http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/44492373/ A portrait of my co-worker Leah.

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-19 Thread Fred Widall
Thanks for all the comments - good to see such a level of unanimity on the list for once VBG I was trying for the supermodel/barbie look but guess I overdid things. Funnily enough Leah thought it was a beautiful image, ah well.

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Fred Widall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for all the comments - good to see such a level of unanimity on the list for once VBG I was trying for the supermodel/barbie look but guess I overdid things. Funnily enough Leah thought it was a beautiful image, ah well. If *she* didn't think it was

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-19 Thread David Savage
As an exercise in Photo Painting it's very good. But it's turned a natural beauty into plastic caricature. I'm not surprised she liked it. The technique is popular for a reason :-) Dave BTW Leah has a beautiful smile. On 9/19/05, Fred Widall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-19 Thread mike wilson
From: Fred Widall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/09/19 Mon PM 12:39:27 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah Thanks for all the comments - good to see such a level of unanimity on the list for once VBG I was trying for the supermodel/barbie look but guess

RE: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-19 Thread Bob W
-Original Message- From: David Savage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] As an exercise in Photo Painting it's very good. But it's turned a natural beauty into plastic caricature. I'm not surprised she liked it. The technique is popular for a reason :-) People want to look like

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-19 Thread David Savage
I'm just as confused Bob. I said The technique is popular for a reason, I don't know can't understand the reason. Dave On 9/19/05, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: David Savage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] As an exercise in Photo Painting it's very good. But

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 9/19/2005 8:12:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm just as confused Bob. I said The technique is popular for a reason, I don't know can't understand the reason. Dave = Movie staritis. Or extreme makeoveritis. Marnie aka Doe

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-19 Thread P. J. Alling
Bob W wrote: -Original Message- From: David Savage [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] As an exercise in Photo Painting it's very good. But it's turned a natural beauty into plastic caricature. I'm not surprised she liked it. The technique is popular for a reason :-) People want to

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-19 Thread frank theriault
On 9/18/05, Fred Widall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/44492373/ A portrait of my co-worker Leah. I tweaked the image in Photoshop - cropped in closer, smoothed out her skin, brightened her teeth, added catchlights to her eyes, lightened the skin tones and

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-19 Thread frank theriault
On 9/19/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only thing I think is a bit OTT is her eyes - they don't look natural with the light the way it is. Otherwise, it's a beautiful portrait of a gorgeous young lady! Well done! ...but now that I see the original, it's so much

PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-18 Thread Fred Widall
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/44492373/ A portrait of my co-worker Leah. I tweaked the image in Photoshop - cropped in closer, smoothed out her skin, brightened her teeth, added catchlights to her eyes, lightened the skin tones and blurred the background. I like the finished image, but

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-18 Thread Rick Womer
Yeah, I think you overdid things, by quite a lot. The original is a very nice portrait. Rick --- Fred Widall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/44492373/ A portrait of my co-worker Leah. I tweaked the image in Photoshop - cropped in closer, smoothed out her

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-18 Thread P. J. Alling
Seriously over done. The original was a photo of a very attractive woman that needed a bit of fill flash. The after was Bizarre. (I think I'm over using the word Bizarre, I hope I'll be able to stop that). Fred Widall wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/44492373/ A portrait of

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-18 Thread Glen
At 08:01 PM 9/18/2005, Fred Widall wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/44492373/ A portrait of my co-worker Leah. I definitely think you went too far. Everything looks artificial. You've lost the natural coloring in the skin and hair. The hair looks overly sharp on the top-left.

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-18 Thread Bruce Dayton
I like the crop much better. The original looks like one of my pet peeves (I could be wrong on this one) - that is, AF tends to cause people to compose poorly (myself included). Too often it is choose the focus of the subject and then center that and focus and then not really recompose. Fred,

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-18 Thread Bob Sullivan
Fred, Way over the top! This moves from a nice looking woman to one of the Stepford Wives. Bob On 9/18/05, Fred Widall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/44492373/ A portrait of my co-worker Leah. I tweaked the image in Photoshop - cropped in closer, smoothed

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-18 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/44492373/ A portrait of my co-worker Leah. I tweaked the image in Photoshop - cropped in closer, smoothed out her skin, brightened her teeth, added catchlights to her eyes, lightened the skin tones and blurred the background. I like the finished

Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-18 Thread Eactivist
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/44492373/ A portrait of my co-worker Leah. I tweaked the image in Photoshop - cropped in closer, smoothed out her skin, brightened her teeth, added catchlights to her eyes, lightened the skin tones and blurred the background. I like the finished image, but

RE: PESO: Portrait of Leah

2005-09-18 Thread Jens Bladt
. I simply like the original better. Sorry! Regards Jens Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 19. september 2005 07:00 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: PESO: Portrait of Leah http