Dark Portrait

[Aaronius]

Hi all,

Shot this at the front door of my house (for the big curtain). I specifically asked for the girls to be expressionless, so I could work on it in photoshop, because there was a certain look I was trying for...

Details: They stood about 6" away from the curtain, and I was further 6" away from them (I think). The lens was a Nifty50 @f1.8 and a shutter speed of 1/20th. I used a EX430 speedlight bounced off the ceiling.

Here's the before shot:


Here's the after shot:


In Photoshop:
General cleanup overall, then added scans for the frame, brightened the eyes, and applied liberal use of the healing brush / healing patch. Cropped to get rid of distracting icon on the t-shirt and emphasise the faces.

Comments are welcomed.

Aaron

[Father Bob]

I don't know if you intended it but the girls are missing two eyes and a mouth.
Al

[Aaronius]

Yep. Not to mention a nose.