Beautiful lady - love the picture but

Uncle Frank · Mar 12, 2004

I really like your approach on this portrait, Vikki. I particularly like that you didn't obliterate the traces of time... just softened them. The beautiful lady will love the picture, and at the same time, will be able to recognize herself

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Vikki Hansen · Mar 12, 2004

Thank you. That was my goal.

From my experience, most of the people don't want heavy retouching. They don't want to look different or unnaturaly younger. They just want to look good. I think the goal of the retoucher, in most cases, is to do this without any trace of what was done.

Uncle Frank said:
I really like your approach on this portrait, Vikki. I
particularly like that you didn't obliterate the traces of time...
just softened them. The beautiful lady will love the picture, and
at the same time, will be able to recognize herself .

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Warm regards, Uncle Frank,
FCAS Charter Member, Hummingbird Hunter
Contributing Editor, digicamhelp.com
http://www.pbase.com/unclefrank/coolpix

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DeeDee G. · Mar 12, 2004

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=3266191

DeeDee G.

Greyflash said:
I love this picture that I took of a friend but obviously the harsh
lighting didn't do her any favors. Her eyes are beautiful but I
would like to tone down the lines around her eye's. I am still
trying to figure out this gausian blur but as yet I have not been
successful. What would you do with this picture. By the way, she
has six grown children.

Appreciate your thoughts or help.

Gordon

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Ken Burgess · Mar 12, 2004

Greyflash said:
I love this picture that I took of a friend but obviously the harsh
lighting didn't do her any favors. Her eyes are beautiful but I
would like to tone down the lines around her eye's. I am still
trying to figure out this gausian blur but as yet I have not been
successful. What would you do with this picture. By the way, she
has six grown children.

Appreciate your thoughts or help.

Gordon

Here's my version. I usually have a tendacy to overdo retouch's like this one...I tried to restarin myself and I think it turned out nice. What do you think?

Ken

DeeDee G. · Mar 12, 2004

I thought I had better show an example of this technique.

I changed the opacity on the second layer to less the softening effect. The higher you go, the less lines that will show on her face.

This woman is absolutely gorgeous, by the way. Her eyes are just striking!

http://genji.image.pbase.com/u41/deedee_g/upload/26856496.12untitled.bmp

DeeDee G.

DeeDee G. said:
DeeDee G.

Greyflash said:

I love this picture that I took of a friend but obviously the harsh
lighting didn't do her any favors. Her eyes are beautiful but I
would like to tone down the lines around her eye's. I am still
trying to figure out this gausian blur but as yet I have not been
successful. What would you do with this picture. By the way, she
has six grown children.

Appreciate your thoughts or help.

Gordon

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Greyflash · Mar 12, 2004

Ken Burgess said:
Here's my version. I usually have a tendacy to overdo retouch's
like this one...I tried to restarin myself and I think it turned
out nice. What do you think?

Ken

Hi Ken, for some reason I can't see your version. Just get the dreaded red X.

Gordon

Greyflash · Mar 12, 2004

DeeDee G. said:
I thought I had better show an example of this technique.

I changed the opacity on the second layer to less the softening
effect. The higher you go, the less lines that will show on her
face.

This woman is absolutely gorgeous, by the way. Her eyes are just
striking!

Thanks for the nice comment about my friend. Also, I appreciate your version and that of your lovely daughter as well.

Gordon

MelissaM169251 · Mar 12, 2004

You are a genious when it comes to retouching. Your web page says it all.

Outstanding work...Melissa

Vikki Hansen said:
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Greyflash said:

I love this picture that I took of a friend but obviously the harsh
lighting didn't do her any favors. Her eyes are beautiful but I
would like to tone down the lines around her eye's. I am still
trying to figure out this gausian blur but as yet I have not been
successful. What would you do with this picture. By the way, she
has six grown children.

Appreciate your thoughts or help.

Gordon

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MelissaM169251 · Mar 12, 2004

I think you and Vikki should link up together as business partners. What a sucessful business that would be. Incredible work done...Melissa

feivel said:
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ronald louis · Mar 12, 2004

Greyflash said:

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ronald louis · Mar 12, 2004

Vikki's version is great. I really like the work around the eyes. The lines are there ...less visible but not erased. This woman could easily look 25 with enough work on her face but who wants that?

I don't know if this works but I wanted to try a version with even less retouch on the wrinkles but an adjustment on the lighting in the eyes.

ronald louis said:
ronald louis said:

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Vikki Hansen · Mar 12, 2004

Thanks Ron.
I like the eyes. A deeper color looks nice.
Is this a combination of your's and mine?
Vikki

ronald louis said:
I don't know if this works but I wanted to try a version with even
less retouch on the wrinkles but an adjustment on the lighting in
the eyes.

ronald louis said:

ronald louis said:

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DeeDee G. · Mar 12, 2004

Actually, that was Dave Jasek's info (and daughter probably) not mine. hehe

Greyflash said:
DeeDee G. said:

I thought I had better show an example of this technique.

I changed the opacity on the second layer to less the softening
effect. The higher you go, the less lines that will show on her
face.

This woman is absolutely gorgeous, by the way. Her eyes are just
striking!

Click to expand...

Thanks for the nice comment about my friend. Also, I appreciate
your version and that of your lovely daughter as well.

Gordon

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ronald louis · Mar 12, 2004

Vikki:

Mine is much less processed ....open another window and look at them side by side....

Yours is very natural BTW ( it's really skilled) ....but I wanted to see if I could get away with more lines and wrinkles. I don't know though...

Also : you did beautiful work on the hair ... it does look smoother and less dry. What did you do?

I also used more saturation and I don't think it's such a good idea with this image. BTW: I didn't want the eyes to look deeper but a bit more shaded. And I wanted to change the catch lights. The eyes in the original photo are what bother me the most. A little too dollish and starey.

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Greyflash · Mar 12, 2004

ronald louis said:
Vikki's version is great. I really like the work around the eyes.
The lines are there ...less visible but not erased. This woman
could easily look 25 with enough work on her face but who wants
that?

I don't know if this works but I wanted to try a version with even
less retouch on the wrinkles but an adjustment on the lighting in
the eyes.
Ron in Italy

Nice job Ron, thanks for your efforts.

Gordon

Jack DuMoulin · Mar 12, 2004

Her eyes keep you spellbound...indeed a very beautiful lady!

Jack

Greyflash said:
I love this picture that I took of a friend but obviously the harsh
lighting didn't do her any favors. Her eyes are beautiful but I
would like to tone down the lines around her eye's. I am still
trying to figure out this gausian blur but as yet I have not been
successful. What would you do with this picture. By the way, she
has six grown children.

Appreciate your thoughts or help.

Gordon

G K · Mar 12, 2004

A technique by Photoshop guru Eddie Tapp can be found here:

http://www.rangefindermag.com/magazine/archives/Sep03/dreamglow.tml

Buck

Jack DuMoulin · Mar 12, 2004

I think this face deserves the full glamour treatment - realism be damned!

Jack

))

Jack DuMoulin said:
Jack

Greyflash said:

I love this picture that I took of a friend but obviously the harsh
lighting didn't do her any favors. Her eyes are beautiful but I
would like to tone down the lines around her eye's. I am still
trying to figure out this gausian blur but as yet I have not been
successful. What would you do with this picture. By the way, she
has six grown children.

Appreciate your thoughts or help.

Gordon

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Kenneth Li · Mar 12, 2004

Since one retouch the pic, it is no more realistic.

Kenneth

Greyflash · Mar 12, 2004

Jack DuMoulin said:
I think this face deserves the full glamour treatment - realism be
damned!

Jack ))

Well Jack you have certainly given her the full treatment. She is gorgeous but then she was already beautiful.

Gordon

Beautiful lady - love the picture but

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