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An after dinner shot and playing with serious underexposure in order to capture the light falling from one of the spotlights above. For PP I only desaturated, sharpened and brushed away the faint contours of the person on the left side of the picture. I didn't apply noise reduction.



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I would call it a very nice portrait. The light on the almost white hair and the interplay of light on the person under it makes me like it.
 
I hope you aren't one of those who are offended by someone editing your work; if so, let me apologize in advance! But I thought your photo would be a little more interesting if there were just a little more light on the two faces (I adjusted curves in CS2); what do you think?:



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John,

If I were so easily offended I shouldn't post here. Ipost and follow the forum here in order to learn (and it takes me time) and also for the fun of following this group. I'll try and lighten the pic a bit myself but I think it can't have much. Maybe somewhere in between mine and yours ;-)
Thanks anyway for such a speedy response and PP proposal.

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No offense John, but I like the original DARKER version. That's why some of my all time favorite movies are "Dark City", "Sin City" and the darker scenes in Batman Begins...LOL.......even my car is black with black interior.. :)
 
f-601 said:
An after dinner shot and playing with serious underexposure in
order to capture the light falling from one of the spotlights
above. For PP I only desaturated, sharpened and brushed away the
faint contours of the person on the left side of the picture. I
didn't apply noise reduction.
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Very nice shot, it really shows some feelings. I am assuming that you converted a color image to B&W. I would use a more advanced technique to do this such as the adjustment layer technique. This will give you more control over the various effects that you can create with B&W. I would also forget the sharpening and look rather to soften the image. I don't think you should worry at all about noise reduction. I think that this image would make a great print on some type of matte paper.

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