honest feedback please...

i just recently got lightroom 3 and have been playing around with it...edited some pics a lot different than usual...i kind of love them but not sure if they'll look too done to others...i don't usually do it like this haha but...was thinking it might be pretty on canvas...something about it being so soft gives it a painterly feel or something but maybe i should just do it on my own images and do it differently for others...ramble ramble...

what do you all think?

and while i'm at it...how do you feel about the logo?

I like the color and I love the logo.. I think the face is a bit hot though.

I can't figure out how to do a watermark without a box appearing around it...

thank you...it is in this one yeah. i always have to watch myself with that. i have a tendency to shoot hot.

are you making your logo in photoshop? lightroom or what?

I tried it in Aperture. Pehaps "watermark" isn't the correct tool?

i've never used aperature but i would think watermark would be correct. that is what it is...want to post it? i can try to do it for you.

Hot yes, but I believe it works quite well. I'm not sure if you were to perhaps tone it down whether it would loss its transition. With the adding of detail to left of the nose would change the entire feel.

Well done!

Brady

thanks...i did shoot it a bit hot yeah. here it is sooc. well besides converting to jpeg and resizing it.

i think the edit is a bit much. A slight bump in contrast, some skin smoothing, and a tinny bit of warming would look good in my opinion.

The edit looks crazy. It's "different", but for her age I definitely prefer the original. It's a great photo and with some simple edits it'll be a really nice photo.

is this better?

I love the second edit. Has a wonderful fall feel to it and she still has skin texture!

Very much so.

it totally looked crazy on here after i posted the original! haha but something about it i love for some reason! i don't know why...but yeah you're right maybe it's way too much for most people...i'll stick to slight adjustments for other people i guess.

I LOVE the second edit, it's beautiful. Great autumn/vintage feel to it. Definitely canvas worthy.

My vote is for the second edit. Not as harsh as the first.
maybe change the color of your watermark since the "gypsy" is hard to read