honest feedback please...

thanks for the feedback everyone!

i did a bunch with this soft editing style so let me post one more for critique.

As with the first I think this really works! I love how they are soft creating a better feel for each subject. Getting back to your first picture IMHO the edits took away from the feel I believe you had intended. The softness works again in #2 because of the subject ---- aided by the sharpness of the eyes!

Again Well Done!

Brady

Oh: #2 is simply beautiful!

thanks brady...i do like the look. i just had it in mind for a larger wall print...i wouldn't do it for someone ordering a 4x6 to hand out to family. know what i mean?

just felt like maybe i shouldn't even put any of these on my site like this if the vast majority hates it...hmmm what to do what to do...

i think the concept of your technique is spot on. I think you just over do it. Often times less is WAY more. I personally would rather see the babies soft rosy cheeks than a blown out white spot where the soft rosie cheeks would have been.

Just like on your first image, i think taking it down just a notch will nail it.

I didn't like the original. I really didn't. I thought the young girl looked like a plastic doll.

But then I kept looking at the picture and it really grew on me. I compared it to the others and it grew on me more.

I think it's still a little warm but if the idea is to produce art rather than just capture the image, I don't think that you're too far off the mark.

oh right yes...maybe i should've made it more clear. i'm not just being heavy handed on accident..i mean yes that i was going for a different look not just trying to edit a portrait regular style...i'm sorry it must have seen like that. i usually just do slight adjustments or simple b&w or sepia conversions...i mean sometimes i do a vintagy type look but this time i was going for a super soft perfect unreal type look haha i think i like it...but didn't know if everyone else would see it and say that she has no skin texture or that it was blown out or...etc etc and it seems most would so far...

just beginning to think about going out on my own and am trying to define "my look" so that everything on my site looks consistent and was wondering if i should include this style...since my aim is to specialize in wall art...but maybe it's not very cool to other people.

does that make sense?

For me, the softening is just too much in the first one. The second edit you did is a much more pleasing-to-my-eye photo. Well captured and great catch lights!

Wow. How come when I edit my pictures, they don't look half as good as yours does. Good job.

that lil black corner is buggin me! why did i not fix that!? haha

thanks jayz so you like the more realistic looking edit of the lil girl? and don't care for the two soft edits?

and thanks untamed soul! which one do you prefer...say if you were going to have a large wall print?

I love both. But if I had to choose, I'd pick the second one. It looks dreamy.

I vote for the original shot. No processing or just few process is need IMHO.

You should not need to artificially soften a babies or young girl's skin. They look better natural. With that in mind, I prefer the minimum edit.
As far as watermark goes - nice job - thank you so much for making it as subtle as possible - narrow font and tranparant the way they all should be.

Second edit of the girl looks much better!!! IMHO i agree with spike with the baby's skin.

thanks this is the kind of feedback i need...just wanted to clarify that i know perfect child and baby skin doesn't need much if any softening. it wasn't done out of necessity..i was going for a different sort of look...wondering if anyone would like it for large wall prints on metal or canvas and was thinking of marketing it that way but also including my more traditional work but if everyone hates it and just thinks i don't know how to edit when they see it. it would be better just not to put it on my site at all...know what i mean?

so was just hoping to get as many opinions as possible...much appreciated everyone!

erinavery wrote in post #12508376
thanks brady...i do like the look. i just had it in mind for a larger wall print...i wouldn't do it for someone ordering a 4x6 to hand out to family. know what i mean?

just felt like maybe i shouldn't even put any of these on my site like this if the vast majority hates it...hmmm what to do what to do...

Agreed---8x10 minimum maybe even 11x14 for the second. The second one would sell quickly if that was you intention by putting it in a frame. If you have any local frame shops around I'm sure they would display it for prospective customers. Its win win for both!

Brady