What’s Your Preference?

teinee · #1 (**permalink**) 11-17-2007, 04:01 PM

I am trying to decide what to do with this shot. I have not done any pp yet, and she is young so I don't want her looking too sexy, I don't know if I want to use this shot for anything, if I want to do anything to it... I just don't know yet... I have been reading these threads for a few weeks now and have had many things pointed out to me in others posts that I had not noticed before, so that is what I am hoping to see and hear here. Show me what I am missing and want to look for with my shots.

peeperita · #2 (**permalink**) 11-17-2007, 04:27 PM

i think this image is beautiful.....her skin looks amazing and i like the natural vignetting.....the only post i suggest is getting rid of the minor but noticable red in her pupils....

gorgeous work....

peeper

WooD · #3 (**permalink**) 11-17-2007, 04:53 PM

Other than the red eyes, I love it.

The blue water really goes well with her eyes once their fixed.

windrider86 · #4 (**permalink**) 11-17-2007, 05:59 PM

I agree with the others about the red in her eyes. Otherwise it's a great shot, just as it is!

yokolok · #5 (**permalink**) 11-17-2007, 06:21 PM

not much else to change except what the others have said...i would adjust some of the light on her face though...a bit too strong for me because of the flash...

peeperita · #6 (**permalink**) 11-17-2007, 08:21 PM

i just had to come back and take another look....what if you tweaked the eye color to match the water?.........oh....(you're gonna start shaking your head soon if i don't stop)....what if you sliced off the bottom of the frame....just enough to get out that lighter greener spot at the bottom of her right suit strap as well....

peeper

Nathan deGargoyle · #7 (**permalink**) 11-17-2007, 08:50 PM

It's a great photo Teinee. My only (small) criticism is that, because of the flash, the skin tones of her face don't match her shoulders. To fix it I would:

Add a transparent layer above the photo.
Use the colour pick tool to choose a mid tone from her shoulder.
Fill the transparent layer with this colour.
Set the layer mode to burn.
Erase all of the layer apart from the part over her face.
Set the layer opacity to about 10% (play with it til it looks right).

Oh yeah and fix the red eye.

Five minuites work and a good photo becomes a great one.

Sorry, I went ahead and did it. If you want me to delete please say so.

Nathan deGargoyle · #8 (**permalink**) 11-17-2007, 09:07 PM

Then you could duplicate the layer, desaturate it, blur to about 2/3% then set to soft light.

Gives that model glow.

Nathan deGargoyle · #9 (**permalink**) 11-17-2007, 09:28 PM

Of course the real problem is the black shadow round her jawline. That's a long job with a smudge tool which I don't have time for I'm afraid.

teinee · #10 (**permalink**) 11-18-2007, 01:56 AM

Thank you all for the tips. These are the things I want to know to look for when I take pics. I don't take pics of people normally, I do more scenic shots, but this is my niece and she was just playing in the pool and popped out at me. I made her do it again and again cause I liked how she looked when she did it. I took about 15 pics of her doing this, once I got started i couldn't stop, and about three of them really made me stop and look. But since I don't usually take people, I don't know what to look for. The shadow under her jaw had never caught my eye. Now that I have ideas I am going to go and play with it some. All this is new to me so I am so appreciative of all that I can learn. I was wondering about the skin tone on her face, on one of the other shots her tan appears more even and her face not so bright, but her eyes aren't as predominant in that one.
And don't mind the adjustments at all, ND, this is what I want to learn. Thank you everyone.