Nice shot, wiseguy. The processing looks a bit careless though -- you've got light halos around the trees and the sky looks too dark compared to the rest of the scene.
Did you use some kind of skin softener here? It looks kind of plastic. In my experience, one needs to apply those very carefully (and would be surprised if a young girl like that needed it at all).
AhamB wrote:
Nice shot, wiseguy. The processing looks a bit careless though -- you've got light halos around the trees and the sky looks too dark compared to the rest of the scene.
Thanks Aham. You are very correct about the halos. It is a result of adding too much structure in the sky. I now replaced the picture with a new one (without the halos and a lighter sky). It is not always easy to decide between the numerous ways of post processing that are possible. Quite often it is just a little bit too much.
Rodluvan wrote:
Did you use some kind of skin softener here? It looks kind of plastic. In my experience, one needs to apply those very carefully (and would be surprised if a young girl like that needed it at all).
Yes, you are probably right. However these kind of more or less close-up portraits require softening when using this lens on a high MP camera. Otherwise it looks like a moon-landscape even with a person with a very good skin.
Do you know some good (and not too expensive) software for this that you can advise? I hardly make portraits so I never really looked into it.
