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Apr 10, 2013 14:21 |  #1

Did I overdo the skin softening on this one? These are for a friends girlfriends graduation pictures and I am divided. She went a lil ham on the makeup on her face.

It was a blast of a shoot though.

Also I pulled the pic off of facebook so that I could post it from work so the quality might not be the best.

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Apr 10, 2013 15:28 |  #2

^Thanks appreciate it.


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Apr 10, 2013 15:37 |  #3

Fill flash would have been your friend here to try and help make not so underexposed. I might also try a vertical crop as the trees on the left really serve no purpose.


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Apr 10, 2013 15:40 |  #4

gregr2 wrote in post #15812866 (external link)
Fill flash would have been your friend here to try and help make not so underexposed. I might also try a vertical crop as the trees on the left really serve no purpose.

x2 on both suggestions.




  
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Apr 10, 2013 16:49 |  #5

Agree with above (that tree trunk is really in the way) plus in your smoothing did you mask off the eyes and mouth - they look soft.




  
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Apr 10, 2013 18:36 |  #6

kjonnnn wrote in post #15812871 (external link)
May I adjust it?

Go ahead

Spike44 wrote in post #15813180 (external link)
Agree with above (that tree trunk is really in the way) plus in your smoothing did you mask off the eyes and mouth - they look soft.

The eyes yes the mouth no


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Apr 10, 2013 19:34 |  #7

That is much better thanks gunna work on a reedit when I get home.


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Apr 10, 2013 21:58 |  #8

Much better but as mentioned earlier crop the left side out, sorta like this.

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Apr 10, 2013 23:32 |  #9

Nope your fine edit away.

I do agree with everyone that the branch to the left doesn't necessarily add anything to the composition. However after fiddling with trying to get a crop that I like I haven't found anything that feels balanced to me yet.


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Apr 11, 2013 00:01 as a reply to  @ solepatch's post |  #10

I hope you don't mind me trying my hand at an edit. I increased exposure and added contrast, adjusted white balance and tried smoothing out her skin tones a bit and darkened the area around her which makes her appear to stand out from the background more.

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Apr 11, 2013 03:11 |  #11

Gene's edit is superb; but I think that her left cheek makeup is too strong so I tried to balance it a bit by lightening it and darkening the opposite.

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Apr 11, 2013 10:37 |  #12

I think its okay. Watch for too much tree in the composition


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