 Thanks for your opinions. No critique is too rough. Feb 24 10 04:51 pm Link Joseph Jason Photograph wrote: skin in the shadows too blotchy/grundgy ... looks like gandma Feb 24 10 05:19 pm Link The tough thing with kids is not taking the retouching to far, but this image still looks like it needs work. Feb 25 10 02:53 am Link needs teensy bit more work but overall i like it. looks very kids headshots ish. Feb 25 10 03:03 am Link I agree that the skin appears "old"... there's too much contrast. A young angelic girl like her should have smooth, healthy skin. In this photo, it looks like she's been spending years in the sun. Feb 25 10 07:35 pm Link I think the shot itself is not right, you should have taken it from a different angle all together, like say, front facing so this does not look old. The girl needs skin retouching to take out her blemishes/smooth out the flaws on the cheeks/under eyes. I like the color/the mood you tried to create though! But, again, you need to retouch areas on her face, also her arms seem over-saturated and rough. If this is her in real life, she is sure not a good subject for you to be displaying your skills with Photoshop, and if she is not, you know where you went wrong! I think if this was a front shot, saturation would have been lot lesser in the first go itself.  Feb 28 10 11:58 pm Link lol i dont see anything wrong with it.... just perfect for a kid portrait... Mar 01 10 12:06 am Link Nice picture, the fleshtone looks a bit uni-color and off. Mar 05 10 11:01 pm Link John Corvera wrote: +1 Mar 06 10 05:05 am Link John Corvera wrote: same here +1 Mar 06 10 03:09 pm Link John Corvera wrote: +2. it's a kid portrait. the beauty of it is that it's natural and SHOULDN'T be smoothed out. If anything, maybe darken the wall to the right and brighten the arm to the left. This'll help open up the lower portion, bring her forward, and recess the background. I think the overall tone is great. just my cents. Mar 06 10 09:27 pm Link I guess I need to qualify my critique. The picture itself is awesome and is a great capture. However, if you look at the wall behind the child's head, then look at her hair, then look at her skin tone, they are all variations of that muddy brown color. It could be more vibrant by cooling off the color of the wall or perhaps giving the skin a tad more color. Here is a quick example of a slight change that may give the image a bit more separation from the wall.  Mar 07 10 06:11 pm Link I think it has a perfectly good photojournalistic quality to it. I like the higher contrast, and I like how you've kept it pretty much natural. It's not something worth nitpicking about. Mar 08 10 11:25 am Link |
