Beauty Pt 2

Jaemie · Jun 21, 2012

The original image seems fine to me. The subject's face might not be perfectly smooth, but such is the variety of human skin and, unless she asked for cosmetic PP, I see no reason to change the image. I think she is very pretty.

PinkDoor · Jun 21, 2012

Joining in the on editing fun! My thoughts. . . to blur our everything but the eyes seems odd when all of the features on on the same plane. If you shot from a high level, angled down, with her looking up at you, then the blur would make sense.

My edit details: Sharpened all the blurred areas, adjusted for skin tone, smoothed skin overall to give it a less grainy appearance, brightened eyes, brightened overall photo.

Orig vs my edit:

Ernicus · Jun 21, 2012

MTVision said:
Ernicus said:

another thought occured to me also. You can run the Imagenomic noise filter through it too, it treats facial complexion issues like noise....so it can fix pimples...bumps...etc. Then I spot healed the little bits it left over, pot marks ... etc. Did nothing but that noise removal filter, no gaussian or other stuff.

<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachments/people-photography/11896-beauty-pt-2-dsc_0164_facebook-7.jpg"/>

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yes, I know this is unfinished...I just wanted it to represent what the one particular filter can do.

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I don't know about the noise filter but the skin/hair looks a little unrealistic. Can you mask it back or lower the opacity when you use it?

But then again maybe I'm not sure what the OP is going for.....

Yeah, I just hit it with the default settings...there are many adjustments to be used. I'm not sure what she's going for either, I was just using her image for practice, which is hard to to without raws and when adjustments were already made. Fun to practice though.

Ernicus · Jun 21, 2012

PinkDoor said:
Joining in the on editing fun! My thoughts. . . to blur our everything but the eyes seems odd when all of the features on on the same plane.

Good point...noted. I think the process I was running it through is better for when they are not so close....being so close...a "less is more" approach is proby best.

2WheelPhoto · Jun 21, 2012

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kric2schaam626 · Jun 21, 2012

Jaemie said:
The original image seems fine to me. The subject's face might not be perfectly smooth, but such is the variety of human skin and, unless she asked for cosmetic PP, I see no reason to change the image. I think she is very pretty.

I usually don't do too much cosmetic PP . . . this was the only exception in the original, I gave it that softer look that was recommended to me. I usually take out any major blemish with the spot heal as I am sure most people do. More than anything, I was going for C+C on the lighting and composition - that's the big thing I'm trying to accomplish right now.

yerlem · Jun 21, 2012

PinkDoor said:
Joining in the on editing fun! My thoughts. . . to blur our everything but the eyes seems odd when all of the features on on the same plane. If you shot from a high level, angled down, with her looking up at you, then the blur would make sense.

My edit details: Sharpened all the blurred areas, adjusted for skin tone, smoothed skin overall to give it a less grainy appearance, brightened eyes, brightened overall photo.

Orig vs my edit:

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OH GOD she looks like a cyborg! haha, no offense

I agree with jaemie, no one is perfect !

If you are doing it for fun, then that's ok, but anything too extreme looks unatural; it's our imperfections that make us look real

Ernicus · Jun 21, 2012

kric2schaam626 said:
Jaemie said:

The original image seems fine to me. The subject's face might not be perfectly smooth, but such is the variety of human skin and, unless she asked for cosmetic PP, I see no reason to change the image. I think she is very pretty.

Click to expand...

I usually don't do too much cosmetic PP . . . this was the only exception in the original, I gave it that softer look that was recommended to me. I usually take out any major blemish with the spot heal as I am sure most people do. More than anything, I was going for C+C on the lighting and composition - that's the big thing I'm trying to accomplish right now.

yeah, that's my fault for derailing off your initial C&C into editing...sorry...lol. I was bored last night.

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ghache · Jun 21, 2012

i would drop the fog, blur or whatever filter you used here.

kric2schaam626 · Jun 21, 2012

ghache said:
i would drop the fog, blur or whatever filter you used here.

I think it looks better than the original that I have. If someone can direct me on how to post a RAW file, I'll put it up when I get home (at work) this evening.

Ernicus · Jun 21, 2012

You can always put it in a zip file and attach the zip

Marcelle · Jun 21, 2012

I see on your exif that you shot at F14, try shooting with a bigger aperture like 5.6

kric2schaam626 · Jun 21, 2012

Marcelle said:
I see on your exif that you shot at F14, try shooting with a bigger aperture like 5.6

No way, an f/stop of 5.6 would have completely blown her face out. Maybe down to F11...

MTVision · Jun 21, 2012

kric2schaam626 said:
No way, an f/stop of 5.6 would have completely blown her face out. Maybe down to F11...

I was wondering why they said to use f/5.6.

I like it the way it is - except for the softness/blurring that was added. I'm not too good with lighting but you probably could've arranged the lights to reduce/minimize the pores on the face. But then again I'm not sure. And It doesn't really matter because she's beautiful as is!