A very senior citizen!

[windrider86]

this was a very quickie version and fear I may have made it too dark, anyway the steps are_ duplicate, adjust shadows and highlights,flatten, duplicate,desaturate & adjust brightness & contrast-invert to negative-gaussian blur set to 45-change blend mode to overlay, flatten(merge),duplicate-burn yool set to midtones and goover all wrinkles-didge areas to be left lighter-flatten-sepia tone to taste-set blend mode to soft light, sharpen and adjust opacity-flatten-duplicate-fill layer with black and erase areas you want to show
flatten

[mmeyer]

I do think that the face is too red but I like the costume as is. Maybe if you masked off her face. My only nitpick about the lighting is that there are dark shadows around the eyes. If you could have(I know, not always possible), gotten something to reflect under her face to lessen the shadows, it would have been better. What a great image though!

[gemyabut]

Originally Posted by windrider86

this was a very quickie version and fear I may have made it too dark, anyway the steps are_ duplicate, adjust shadows and highlights,flatten, duplicate,desaturate & adjust brightness & contrast-invert to negative-gaussian blur set to 45-change blend mode to overlay, flatten(merge),duplicate-burn yool set to midtones and goover all wrinkles-didge areas to be left lighter-flatten-sepia tone to taste-set blend mode to soft light, sharpen and adjust opacity-flatten-duplicate-fill layer with black and erase areas you want to show
flatten

whoa! the pix looks better ... adds more drama with the emphasis on the wrinkles. appreciate your advise !!!

[gemyabut]

Originally Posted by mmeyer

I do think that the face is too red but I like the costume as is. Maybe if you masked off her face. My only nitpick about the lighting is that there are dark shadows around the eyes. If you could have(I know, not always possible), gotten something to reflect under her face to lessen the shadows, it would have been better. What a great image though!

thanks for the advice, yup, i didn't bring a reflector during that time.

[gemyabut]

Originally Posted by newPerspective

And I wanted to ask you this? Why do you have the ISO at 200? Is that the minimum setting on your camera?

i usually set iso 200 if i am shooting outdoors and iso 400 indoors and at night.

is that a good rule of thumb ?

[Jim Bryant]

What a powerful looking portrait! IF you could read a road map, she has experienced life to it's max.

[newPerspective]

Originally Posted by gemyabut

i usually set iso 200 if i am shooting outdoors and iso 400 indoors and at night.

is that a good rule of thumb ?

If your camera can go down to 100, then 100 is the norm for a full bright sunlight shot. Experts, please correct me if I'm wrong.

[gemyabut]

Originally Posted by Jim Bryant

What a powerful looking portrait! IF you could read a road map, she has experienced life to it's max.

Thanks for your feedback, Jim. You are right ... she's been through a lot just by the wrinkles and the look in her eyes.

[gemyabut]

Originally Posted by windrider86

this was a very quickie version and fear I may have made it too dark, anyway the steps are_ duplicate, adjust shadows and highlights,flatten, duplicate,desaturate & adjust brightness & contrast-invert to negative-gaussian blur set to 45-change blend mode to overlay, flatten(merge),duplicate-burn yool set to midtones and goover all wrinkles-didge areas to be left lighter-flatten-sepia tone to taste-set blend mode to soft light, sharpen and adjust opacity-flatten-duplicate-fill layer with black and erase areas you want to show
flatten

windrider, i need some assistance. i tried following the instructions above but got lost ...
invert to negative ? guassain blur set to 45 ? blend mode of overlay .....

[windrider86]

invert to negative, means to make the image into a negative, make the colors opposite of what they are
Gaussian blur can be found in your tools area. Under the blur section there should be different settings of blur (Gaussian, soft focus, radial)
Let me ask you this before I go any further, what program are you using?