3 x Portraits.

Kanikula · Jan 26, 2008

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JaimeGibb · Jan 26, 2008

Wow... ok. Those are amazing. His eyes stand out beautifully. Please, tell me right here and now HOW you did those eyes in PS!!!

Kanikula · Jan 26, 2008

JaimeGibb said:
Wow... ok. Those are amazing. His eyes stand out beautifully. Please, tell me right here and now HOW you did those eyes in PS!!!

Thanks Jamie! considering the little monster would not still still, im really plaesed with them!!

The eyes were brought out using the custom high pass filter and a little dodging and burning where needed

Kanikula · Jan 27, 2008

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Kanikula · Jan 27, 2008

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are they that bad??!

honoryourlife · Jan 27, 2008

I think they are quite good.

Keep up the portraits.

jols · Jan 27, 2008

these are great.

could you explain the eyes a bit more deteiled for me?

no rush when your not too busy.

NJMAN · Jan 27, 2008

Nice work Kanikula! I like the focus and processing on the eyes. The only thing I would work on a little more is the skin tone. Its seems a bit too yellow in some of them.

Overall, great job. Thanks for sharing!

NJ

Spidy · Jan 27, 2008

I love these pics! Very nice job. Beautiful blue eyes! Congrat's, these are winners in my opinion!

Kanikula · Jan 28, 2008

TY guys

Im dead chuffed with these

NJ, Whats the best way to adjust the skin tone?? The light in our lounge is really warm so it couldnt be avoided

NJMAN · Jan 28, 2008

Kanikula said:
TY guys Im dead chuffed with these

NJ, Whats the best way to adjust the skin tone?? The light in our lounge is really warm so it couldnt be avoided

The best way to adjust skin tone is to shoot in RAW format, and then play with the white balance and color temperature in post processing.

If you are shooting JPEG only, you can make a lasso selection roughly around the parts of the subject's skin, then do a layer adjustment of Hue/Saturation, and selectively reduce the amount of the yellow channel in that adjustment layer. It might be -10 or as much as -20 or -30, whatever you are happy with. You may also want to adjust the Red channel a bit as well. Then, when you are happy with the results, flatten the layer and save.

To get good accurate skin tone, I usually have a sample pic on hand that I use for reference, which I know is the skin tone Im looking for. It helps me be consistent with skin tone color.

If you want more detail on the process I use, just let me know. I'd be happy to share.

NJ