Posted by Mike Cash (Kiryu, Japan) on 25 February 2007 in People & Portraits and Portfolio.
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Nice stylized work here. Nice contrast, like the glow to her face.
25 Feb 2007 8:31am
@Daroru: Thanks. It's another example of the-original-was-crap syndrome....either delete it or modify the hell out of it.
IMPRESSIVE image Mike! Classy!!!!
25 Feb 2007 9:15am
Classic portrait Mike. If you shoot raw files you can often do a fair amount of highlight and shadow recovery; sometimes worth a try.
25 Feb 2007 11:03am
@Dan: The original photo was not as awful as I may have made it sound. You can see it <here>. Her face came out a bit overexposed, but nothing unfixable. The whole image, however, is just "blah". Since there was so little contrast between her coat and the background, I decided to just clip the histogram on the black side and blend them together, leaving the metal clasps to fill out what I thought was the natural "line" of the shot, which was a sort of kite-shaped diamond consisting of her face, the collar on each side, and the clasps. There was so little color left that a 2 or 3 posterization really brought out the turn of her neck, while having practically no effect anywhere else on the picture.
Great PP work here!
25 Feb 2007 4:51pm
She's very pretty. The effects accentuate her beauty.
25 Feb 2007 6:14pm
Wonderful pp work!! Very nice photo
26 Feb 2007 9:22am
I noticed the posterization and thought it might have been a result of running out of highlight detail, which was why I mentioned it. You're absolutely right about the 'line', and I really like what you've done with the shot.
27 Feb 2007 8:54am
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