A Portrait of Dee

[eland]

Howie and Peter commented on the difficulty of obtaining
painted effects in photographs.
For the most part the Filters in PS and in Effects in other programs
are too symmetrical and mechanical looking.

This effect is quite pleasant and reminds me of the paintings
by Modigliani.
It was originally done in B&W in one of my classes using only two reading lamps
and a bedsheet backdrop.
Color and the effect were added on computer.

The model is my very dear friend Dee

http://home.iprimus.com.au/dee333/dee.jpg

Kind regards
eland

[slejhamer]

Ah, but you need to stretch her out a bit and elongate her neck! :) Curious that his nudes were much more roundly proportioned (at least the ones I've seen) while his clothed portraits had such a unique elongated style (I can't think of a better adjective.)

Funny, the things you remember from Art History 101, or whatever that class was called.

My only critique would be to brush in some additional warm colors. Or print it and then hand tint it. I like the soft painted effect you have here, but personally I would take it further with the coloring. Then again, I tend to take things too far ... :)

[pappy]

I really like this image...having looked at some of Modigliani's paintings I see the similarity. This has retained its B&W look with very pale pastel colours added. I like this effect as it is for this image.

I have also been playing with layers trying to achieve in certain landscapes a 'soft' look (similar to AutoFX Dream Suite) yet retaining enough detail to be easily recognizable. I am not satisfied with any of my results.


Kind Regards,
Peter

[eland]

Thank you Mitch and Peter for your informed comments.

Modiglianis are indeed much more elongated. It was the eyes and mouth that made me think of his work.
I don't want to stretch poor Dee all out of shape !

Peter I'd be most interested to see your experimental landscapes. If you are not happy with them and don't want a lot of criticism you could put them in Shared Photos and explain that they are simply experimental.

If you do place them there, please tell me, as I seldom
visit there. I would really like to see them and I'm certain
that I can learn from them.

Kind regards to you both
eland

[pappy]

eland wrote:
Thank you Mitch and Peter for your informed comments.


Peter I'd be most interested to see your experimental landscapes. If you are not happy with them and don't want a lot of criticism you could put them in Shared Photos and explain that they are simply experimental.

If you do place them there, please tell me, as I seldom
visit there. I would really like to see them and I'm certain
that I can learn from them.

Kind regards to you both
eland

Unfortunately I have not retained any of them.....I will keep working on them and would certainly appreciate comments.

Kind Regards,
Peter

[eland]

Hi Peter
Pity you have deleted them.
They are usually worth saving just to learn from.
I'd really appreciate seeing your landscapes or any other images that you might have.

I'll also try to find tools that don't look too artificial.

thanks again Peter

Kind regards
hal