Selection of portraits

[cuha1423]

Hi, first post here lol hope you can give me some pointers I've posted these previously on an australian forum, just thought i'd share here.

Lucy:

Portrait of a psycho :

...art?

and "moment"

any thoughts?

 

[markc]

That one of Lucy really grabbed my eye. The blown out area in the upper right is a bit distracting, so I cropped some of it out. I did a little work on this one, including curves, some dodging and burning to even out the exposure, color balance, etc. I tried the get the face to have the same kind of interesting feel as the hands without making everything too dirty. The eyes still need more work. They are a little washed out. What do you think?

I also thought that it might look good in b&w. This is conversion using mostly green channel and a duotone with TRUMATCH 9-f1.

 

[Mad_Gnome]

I really like the portrait of Lucy, especially with the enhancing markc added. It really makes the image pop.

I also really like the portrait of a psycho. The lighting and composition are fantastic. I tried to edit it a bit, but finally came to the realization that anything I did took away from the image. I tried upping the contrast and sharpening the image, but decided it was just right just the way it was. Well done!

 

[ax-ax]

I liked the picture ...

Good luck

 

[LaFoto]

The photo of Lucy is precious and Mark did some wonderful enhancements of it (which he could not have done to a photo that had not been this good to begin with, so you gave him the platform for his work). I really like how this is ever so natural with her dirty little hands!

And I like "moment".
I like the light in that one and how it shapes and forms his facial features.
It is not easy to take photos of a person who lies on his back. Our faces fall back and we usually look quite drawn. But here the light makes up for that fact. Well done!

 

[Tyson]

Wow

 

[bowronfam3]

Ooooh! I wanna play!! LOL! Here's what I came up with. Since all the focus should be on these hands and that orange, I think this is a good alternative to help with that. Hope you like it!

 

[newrmdmike]

that really is a beautiful capture . . . i'd be really proud if that were mine. GOOD JOB!!!

 

[EJBPhoto]

Love the Lucy picture!!! Like how the last person cropped it! Likle it in b and w as well. beautiful

 

[Sk8man]

a very nice photo showing the playfulness of kids when they ged dirty