Which version do you prefer??

Which version of this do you prefer?

Here is the original

I like the first one best, hmm, looking longer ... maybe number 2. Close call. The third looks a bit ghostly.

I'd go #2, but I'd pull back on the eyes a little.

I like the B&W best.

What a cutie.

I prefer the b&w also because on my monitor, her skin tones on the color edits appear to be too orange. Of the color versions, I prefer the subdued one.

I know skin tones are a matter of preference, but here's an edit I tried with a more 'baby pinkish' look. I also added soft focus and a bit of white vignette. I did no enhancements to her eyes.

I prefer your 1st edit, like the tones and the light

Truthfully, I don't like any of the color edits. The skin tone is out of range and not real. I prefer the black and white out of all the images. Good composition.

^ I think I agree. Although Gene's edit is closer. maybe a shade less pink.

navydoc wrote in post #15965713
What a cutie.

I prefer the b&w also because on my monitor, her skin tones on the color edits appear to be too orange. Of the color versions, I prefer the subdued one.

I know skin tones are a matter of preference, but here's an edit I tried with a more 'baby pinkish' look. I also added soft focus and a bit of white vignette. I did no enhancements to her eyes.

See now on my monitor, this looks very blue...is that what you were going for? Is it just me??

My first edit, on my computer at least, looks like pretty natural skin tones.

I have been doing my editing lately while at work on my cheap laptop, so it is probably not calibrated all that well..

I don't see blue in Genes....
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On my monitor (calibrated) Gene's edit looks best

I love Gene's color, not so much the smoothing;softening.

I was going for a 'dreamy' effect to concentrate on her beautiful eyes...hence the extra smoothing. As I mentioned earlier, skin tones are very much a matter of personal taste as well as what kind of mood is sought. I just thought I'd give the OP an alternate look for comparison.

navydoc wrote in post #15966946
I was going for a 'dreamy' effect to concentrate on her beautiful eyes...hence the extra smoothing. As I mentioned earlier, skin tones are very much a matter of personal taste as well as what kind of mood is sought. I just thought I'd give the OP an alternate look for comparison.

I absolutely appreciate your edit! I really like it, but ON MY SCREEN, certainly looks less "natural".

I don't have any mechanical calibration device, but I have run the simple online ones, but while those are decent for brightness/contrast, they are not very good for color accuracy. I am having a couple prints made, and am going to try to calibrate to get close to those, as that is the most important anyway.

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