Portrait of cold

[theusher]

Subject is my wife, it was taken on an overcast day in Manhattan. Light was not the best. The photo was cropped from original size, and converted to B&W.

Any comments on how to improve this shot are very much appreciated.

 

[Shadow]

I like the softness of this picture. The glance seems very deep.

Maybe a bit more contrast and deeper black could imrpove this result.

 

[Ab$olut]

Eyes really stand out great job

 

[ShootHoops]

Her eyes look amazing. :thumbup:

 

[theusher]

I like the softness of this picture. The glance seems very deep.

Maybe a bit more contrast and deeper black could imrpove this result.

Any ideas how to make the blacks deeper in photoshop? for the most part it seems like I darken the over all image too much.

 

[adam_burdett]

wow shes realy prity if you dont mind me saying. the eyes look fantastic

 

[c_mac]

use the curves tool. make a very long leaning S.

start with something like that. every image will be different but that is a simple way.

someone else may have something better.

 

[cosmonaut]

Go into channel mixer and switch from red, blue and green channels and pick out the strongest. Then use the dropdown choose that channel and then click monochrome.
Cosmo

 

[Scooter]

Nice photo. She has beautiful eyes.

 

[Jeremy Z]

Yes, beautiful eyes. So much so, that I wonder if B&W is the right answer?