Color tones (2)

[BigFuzzy]

As in a previous post of mine.. I'm playing with color tones with some of my work lately.

With this image I've have both positive and negative feedback. I don't want to color (rim-shot!) your opinion by telling you what was said.

I want more feedback on the color tones and what you think about the contrast. Yeah.. the color processing in general.
Other feedback allowed I guess
THIS link shows what the original colors look like as it has practically no PP.



Exif:
F/4
1/50th
ISO 200
70mm on my 24-70L

[Rentham]

Al, I dig what you've been doing with this stuff recently, but in this image I feel like her skin tone is a little too close to the background. I love what the reds are doing, though.

[BigFuzzy]

Mike - that's actually not something I've heard yet.
However, I totally see it.. Hmmm. Now I have to figure out whether I like that fact or now. Heh.
Thanks Mike!

[Ginger Pixie]

The link to the photo minus pp won't allow me access.

I'm not 100% sure my screen is calibrated right, but there appears to be a magenta cast inside the whites of her eyes and just below them...

It's not the most flattering skin tone, but I am not 100% sure whether flattering was what you were after. She has a great face.

EDIT - I really like the image of the girl with her eyes shut, that works better colour wise in my opinion.

[BigFuzzy]

Originally Posted by Ginger Pixie

The link to the photo minus pp won't allow me access.

I'm not 100% sure my screen is calibrated right, but there appears to be a magenta cast inside the whites of her eyes and just below them...

It's not the most flattering skin tone, but I am not 100% sure whether flattering was what you were after. She has a great face.

EDIT - I really like the image of the girl with her eyes shut, that works better colour wise in my opinion.

Here's the image that has the "real" colors:

As for the color tone on the whites.. probably. Not sure what I'd call it. I debated doing it in PS w/layers (I did this in LR) so that i could ensure true white.. I might still go back and do so. Thanks for reminding me.

I was going for different even if it risks being non-flattering. I want people to stop and really look at the image and try to figure out why it's different. In the end (as blood Steve/Niresangwa always says), I agree that it's often more important to get people to look at and think about your image than it is to simply make it likeable.
I could do perfectly normal color tones, but then it'd be, well, perfectly normal....just like most other images.
Yeah, one of the most interesting faces I've seen in a while. And to think she's Mexican.. not what you'd expect to see.
Thanks GP!

[Ginger Pixie]

Originally Posted by BigFuzzy

Here's the image that has the "real" colors:

As for the color tone on the whites.. probably. Not sure what I'd call it. I debated doing it in PS w/layers (I did this in LR) so that i could ensure true white.. I might still go back and do so. Thanks for reminding me.

I was going for different even if it risks being non-flattering. I want people to stop and really look at the image and try to figure out why it's different. In the end (as blood Steve/Niresangwa always says), I agree that it's often more important to get people to look at and think about your image than it is to simply make it likeable.
I could do perfectly normal color tones, but then it'd be, well, perfectly normal....just like most other images.
Yeah, one of the most interesting faces I've seen in a while. And to think she's Mexican.. not what you'd expect to see.
Thanks GP!

Is it wrong that I love the feel of the original image?

The punchy colours and intensity of her eyes makes that shot. Sorry, but if it was me, I'd have stuck with the original and been proud.

EDIT - It might be due to the composition too - I have an apparent unconscious preference for shots that are close up and right in the face of the subject and have a habit of tightly cropping faces. Perhaps this is why I prefer this shot?

[RLucas]

Originally Posted by BigFuzzy

As in a previous post of mine.. I'm playing with color tones with some of my work lately.

With this image I've have both positive and negative feedback. I don't want to color (rim-shot!) your opinion by telling you what was said.

I want more feedback on the color tones and what you think about the contrast. Yeah.. the color processing in general.
Other feedback allowed I guess
THIS link shows what the original colors look like as it has practically no PP.



Exif:
F/4
1/50th
ISO 200
70mm on my 24-70L

I wanted to say something about this before reading anyone else's opinion as well.
I really don't know what to say about the tones here. I work with color daily, but on photos it's something that I struggle with a lot, so take it with a grain. For me, it's different, but it still looks "off" to me. It has a split tone vibe , but it may be that your low and highlight hues aren't far enough apart to be complementary. The overall feel I get from this is yellow. I see some magentaish tones in the the shadow/lowlight areas, but I think it needs to be swung around to a harder blueish/puprle tone to be more complimentary. Right now the yellow/.neutral colors are pretty dominant for me which seems to make it look flatter than it is.
The overall contrast looks good to me, just looking past the color aspect of it. It's on the lower side which I seem to be gravitating toward lately, but like I said, just take it with a grain. I'm still stuck on b/w because I am not happy with my colors at all.

[Niresangwa]

Well, I hardly need to chime in here, however I will.

I really like the shots, both the pastel toned version. Again, there's hardly much point in me commenting really aside from an affirmation, as apparently I have very different ideas than most on the place of WB as it pertains to skin...as long as the toning is even across the whole image, it's good to go..i think if you start cleaning up whites, that's going to upset things.

My bigger surprise when look at the exif was that this was done at 70mm, you have that awesome portrait distortion that made thin kit was much closer than it apparently was.

It has the look of an image that when I see it makes me immediately think f it as a big ass 5ft canvas..

Nice job grasshopper...

[graciousness]

I love both photos.

I am bias because I actually love this style and I, myself, play around with different tonal variations on portraits. Hell, that's why I got the idea of playing around with colour filters when I got them. I wanted to use filter-feel monotones (I think I'm making up words now) on portraits cause looking at the same, 'normal', as is, colours get boring.

I don't think you should worry about what we say. This is all about your style and you do what works for you. It doesn't have to please everybody, but only the ones that are behind the images you create.

[ChrisAdval]

I like the tones, but the crop seems a bit awkward with the too much head room but I'm sure you did it on purpose for artistic effect right? Also the other photo I saw in the replies same thing a bit too cropped on the forehead.