PhotoChopped Portrait

[WooD]

Looking for critique on my post work. I know I still have the tan lines, but I'm still looking for a way to get rid of them, so it looks as thou they were never there.

Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: +1/3 EV
Flash: No Flash
Exposure Program: Manual




Here is a link to the before image.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3451/...932ae506_o.jpg

[SusanH1970]

Looks good to me. Skin is smooth but still natural looking. I love the pink tint you gave her lips. The eyes are nice and sharp - at first I thought they'd been overly brightened, but they were pretty bright in the original. If you figure out how to get rid of the tan lines, repost it - I'd love to see.

Nice stuff!

[windrider86]

tan lines. there are a couple of ways to do this.
#1. use the clone tool, set to darken and lower the opacity level to about 15% to start with. Use the area right next to the light area and clone away
#2. use the pick tool to pick a color right next to the lighter area. start painting over it with a very soft brush and with a 5-10% opacity(on a duplicate layer of course). If its too dark, lower the opacity of the layer

[WVCoalMiner]

Her eyes just look fake or something??????

[SandeeWig]

Hi Kevin. Overall I think your processing looks good.

+1 for windriders suggestions. I've used the first one and it works fabulously!

What stands out to me is her nose. I think whatever smoothing technique you used removed all definition from her nose and it almost seems invisible to me. Not sure what technique would work best (burn maybe on a separate dupe layer?) but I think bringing back some of the shadows/curvature of her nose would help.

Beautiful model and picture.

[WooD]

Thanks everyone.....................

Her eyes were just really white, I hardly did anything to the whites.

[bcummings88]

I saw somewhere (a little late and inebriated right now) that a women demanded the tan lines in the photo, after the photog cloned them out. I think it was on a different forum. Are you sure she wants them gone?

[WooD]

Originally Posted by bcummings88

I saw somewhere (a little late and inebriated right now) that a women demanded the tan lines in the photo, after the photog cloned them out. I think it was on a different forum. Are you sure she wants them gone?

No she didn't have a problem with them. I live in a beach town in Florida, everyone has tan lines.....except for the people that go to the tanning salons. I honestly kinda think their cute on girls. About 99% feel differently about them thou.