Very nice professionally constructed portrait. Lighting is excellent, post-processing super slick. Nicely done ... wish there was a bit more feeling projected.
Would have been good to place a reflector below to bounce some light a eliminate the shadows under her ship and neck. For beauty portrait, it's usually required not to have any harsh shadows.
Agree with the shoulder position. Bending it in the angle as its right now, is bit unflattering. Would rather have it stretched a bit and dropped down to elongate the neck.
I like it. Slick processing. However! The only thing that keeps drawing my eye is the light line where her skin meets her hairline over her right eye. I'd adjust a smidge so that side is as seamless as the left side.
wow, makes one sit back and think about how inadequate their photoshop skills are. Very impressive and if you had any tips/resources to get anywhere near that level it would be appreciated. Not that I would want to spend the time to edit every photo like that, but it would be good to have in the handbag of tricks.
charlesk wrote:
Thanks for posting the original. When I first saw this all I thought was "looks like CGI".
There's a fuzzy line between enhancement and simply turning a photo into something it is not. IMHO, you're well over that line here.
That was my response as well (that or a photograph of a painting) ... but, it seems to be very en vogue these days in certain circles. Not the least of which is the grand response it is receiving here.
OTOH ... a painter may very well yield a more interpretive rendering or a more accurate rendering. That said, I'll consider this one to be a highly interpretive rendering ... much like how a painter will take a picture for reference, then render his version with full artistic license to yield such a rendering.
