5th Place Deelight! by Joe Reilly by Canon DSLR Challenge

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Deelight!
by Joe Reilly


13-DEC-2004	Joe Reilly

A "D" is nothing but a smile turned sideways. Or something like that...

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Guest		14-Dec-2004 19:15
I don't care if she is taken. how much do you want for her? how much for the weeemen? grant

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Dec-2004 15:09
One more thing, for Doktor Moose: Don't get too drawn to the teeth, as she's spoken for [sMiLe]. This marks a milestone: The first time my wife has been willing to actively assist in my photographic pursuits. Dunno if she's bought in or given up, but she didn't flinch when I asked. Wonders never cease. --Joe

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Dec-2004 15:05
Thanks, Olaf3200. Photoshop-applied lipstick struck me too, after my prior comment. Kinda startling, huh, that JoePhotoshop didn't instinctively head in that direction? Anyhow, I will likely have a little time for re-shoot and/or re-shop this evening. I like the concept, but agree the execution needs a booster shot. Thanks for your suggested settings. Good to be back in the CSLR Challenge mix again. --Joe

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Dec-2004 14:26
When I looked at my photoshop lipstic again it looked a bit too fake, so I duplicated the lip color layer and set the blending mode of the new layer to Soft Light, opacity = 40%. Also reduced the opacity of the multiplied layer to 30%. --Olaf

Canon DSLR Challenge		14-Dec-2004 13:29
Of course, instead of re-shooting, you could add lipstick in Photoshop: New Layer, Set blending mode to Multiply, Select All and fill with red, add layer mask and make it all black then paint with white on mask where you want the lips to be red. To make it contrast even more you could de-saturate the rest of the image: Option-click on the lip mask, invert the selection, add Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and set Saturation to -100. Finally adjust the opacity of the adjustment layer to somewhere around 25%. Oops, I just noticed I had accidently assigned an AdobeRGB-profile when opening your image in Photoshop, so the above desaturation-settings are too drastic if you're working in sRGB... -- Olaf

Guest		14-Dec-2004 11:18
Doktor Moose: Agreed. Had I a bit more time, would re-shoot.

Guest		14-Dec-2004 03:22
as in :D ?

Guest		14-Dec-2004 02:16
contrasty lipstick would make this more of a "D". i am too drawn to the teeth. grant