A recap of a old portrait

[allenlennon]

Hi all, some of you may recongise the following photo from earlier, but i was bored, hot & sweaty and cant sleep so this is what i been concentrating on for about 45 mins. My cloning skill is no good enough to get ride of her protruding forarm, but i believe i dont atleast a okish job on the selective colouring of her eyes and the flower.. What you think? Be honest now


_MG_3480copy1 by AllenLennon, on Flickr

[JPS]

Hi Allen,
I did type a more detailed reply but things went wrong before I posted and I lost it.

In short I have made some adjustment that I thing give you another option to consider.

One of the main things I did was to sharpen the picture. I’m happy to go through the work-flow if you wish.

Well done mate and thanks for sharing.

[glenng]

Lovely photo but for me convert the green of the leaves so you just have the pink flowers.

[allenlennon]

Thanks glenn, and john, i would love to know how you removed the arm, i couldnt get it right, and i liked the blurred background.

[allenlennon]

Ok, so i did my best with my skils at removing the forarm(not as good as johns), blurred and smudged a bit of the background, and sharpened her face, hair and flower abit. And i left the green in for now. I know, not the best, but i surprised myself.


_MG_3480copy2 by AllenLennon, on Flickr

[pnodrog]

Hi Allen, I grabbed John's (JPS) version because he had done a good job on removing the arm, cropped it slightly, reduced the highlights behind the trees and then lifted the tones in the face. As usual when I rush I over do some thing and lightened the forehead a bit more than I should have. You have captured a nice (pensive?) expression and it is certainly worth you spending your time on the portrait.