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27-DEC-2004 Quentin Bargate

An Eye to the Future by Quentin Bargate CHALLENGE WINNER

Green Farm

I thought this was an appropriate topic for the time of year :-) Ths subject is my youngest son, William. Desaturated and various stuff in Photoshop and then I re-colorised the eye.


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Guest 01-Apr-2006 23:48
That's what we call a wOW picture............it really deserves a prize
kodak_challenge28-Dec-2004 10:20
Paul - thanks! - main process was simply covert in ACR, layer, convert top layer using Convert to B&W pro, orange filter (I think!) convert bottom layer to B&W using Magenta filter, erase top layer around lips to back some tone to the lips (be careful doing this, flatten, use curves to carefully lighten skin, recolorise eye, pump up eye contrast a bit, etc etc, no need to smooth an 8 year olds skin thankfully :-) - Quentin
Guest 28-Dec-2004 00:47
Just Wow! I love the way you get your soft feel, yet the focus perfect! If it's not giving to much away, what process did you use? - Regards Paul
kodak_challenge27-Dec-2004 14:19
I want to say again what an incredible portrait camera the Kodak is. The skin hues on the "staight" shot from which this waa created are perfect - Quentin
kodak_challenge27-Dec-2004 13:50
Flick, thanks. Yes, the pinky hue it was intentional - Quentin
kodak_challenge27-Dec-2004 13:22
Lovely composition and full tonal range in the skin. Did you intend the tiny flush of pink on the top lid? I think it adds to the image, which would have been too dead without it. You got the return of colour on the eye just right - not easy to do. Exquisite,,,
Flick.
kodak_challenge27-Dec-2004 13:09
Many thanks Jono. Mind you, the bribery needed to get William to sit still...:-) - Quentin
kodak_challenge27-Dec-2004 13:03
Quentin
This is just great - congratulations.
Kind Regards Jono