Portrait of Smudge

[pbdweeeebie]

Always a willing accomplice..................at least until she says "No!".

[ChristopherCoy]

Love it! Awesome!

[FoG]

That is an amazing portrait my daughter is less willing I have to catch her in the right mood.. but she loves learning new stuff about the cameras YAY !!

[pbdweeeebie]

Originally Posted by ChristopherCoy

Love it! Awesome!

Thanks Chris.

Originally Posted by FoG

That is an amazing portrait my daughter is less willing I have to catch her in the right mood.. but she loves learning new stuff about the cameras YAY !!

Yup, they all have their "no pics" days and sometimes that period drags on for a while!

[jakethepig]

Great portrait she has gorgeous eyes. I don't think she would say no too often and you definately can't say no to her. Lovely work pbdweeeebie.

Jake.

[tycooder]

The Eyes have it she is a beautiful young lady and This shot could hang on any wall.
nicely done

[pbdweeeebie]

Originally Posted by jakethepig

Great portrait she has gorgeous eyes. I don't think she would say no too often and you definately can't say no to her. Lovely work pbdweeeebie.

Jake.

Thanks Jake. Yes, I am fortunate enough to have a willing wanna-be model in my immediate space!

Originally Posted by tycooder

The Eyes have it she is a beautiful young lady and This shot could hang on any wall.
nicely done

Thank you Tycooder.

[PrimeTime]

Welcome back pb! I've alway enjoyed your work, good to see you back. Lovely portrait, great job as always. Looking forward to seeing more of your wildlife photo's.

[lindyannajones]

I feel sorry for the families of photographers. Oh, what they must suffer. A willing subject then is quite a feat. A bribe? What was your PPing? This treatment of sepia with the original eye color is just fabulous! I'll be this little girl has a lot of spunk. You certainly caught her inner spark with your portrait!

[pbdweeeebie]

Originally Posted by PrimeTime

Welcome back pb! I've alway enjoyed your work, good to see you back. Lovely portrait, great job as always. Looking forward to seeing more of your wildlife photo's.

Thanks PrimeTime. I've miseed you folks here on the forum and I'm glad to be getting kick-started again. I have spent a fair amount of time out of town [down at my folks where broadband is non-existent!] and travelling too. And yes, I've been fortunate enough to bag a few wildlife pics. I'll get around to sharing a few in a coupple of days. Thank you for your interest in my pix.

Originally Posted by lindyannajones

I feel sorry for the families of photographers. Oh, what they must suffer. A willing subject then is quite a feat. A bribe? What was your PPing? This treatment of sepia with the original eye color is just fabulous! I'll be this little girl has a lot of spunk. You certainly caught her inner spark with your portrait!

Thank you LindyAnna......and on the days when families want their portraits, the tables are turned on the photogs! I kid you not, Smudge is willing 8/10 requests!

The treatment is relatively simple [using PSE6]: colour copy [after any retouching required] + black and white copy [normal, 100% opacity] + black and white copy [soft light 20% opacity] + sepia copy [normal 50%] + sepia copy [soft light 20%] then mask all these copies, reveal all and then paint over the eyes with a black brush 50% opacity to reveal the colour copy then paint over the cheeks with a black brush 10% opacity to reveal some skin tone.

If this description is too criptic and you think it worth a step by step example, just shout.