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Old 01-22-2008, 01:04 PM
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Not sure if this belongs here or in the Before and After thread, feel free to move it, my administrator friends.

Ok, this is one of my first big photoshop jobs, I spent a few hours trying to figure how how to do all the pro tricks, lol. Did I succeed?



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Old 01-22-2008, 01:13 PM
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Only time to be picky at the moment - you missed a bit!

About half-way down his left cheek is what I guess might be a bit of earring or something but looks like a mole sticking out. If it is part of him, it would have been better to frame the picture with it more obviously attached; if not, it calls for being cloned out.

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ps. you have definitely improved the picture by brightening it although I am not convinced by such a low crop at the top.
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Wulf: I knew I could count on you...

It is an earring, and I went back and forth on removing it, so I'm glad you brought it up

As for the crop, I usually reserve the extreme close-up for young children, but it just seemed to to work the best out of the 3 or 4 crops I tried prior, feel free to play with it...
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Old 01-22-2008, 02:09 PM
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Liz Caldwell,

After 6 pages and 4 hours, I'd vote "Before and After." Woof, woof.
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