Erin re-edit

[blakemcguire]

So I'm going a little deeper with my editing lately and I like the results so far.



I still need to work on getting colours right though, hence the B+W. There are some cool details that I think come out nicer in black and white though, anyway.

Tell me what you guys think!

[Manfred M]

Nice shot Blake.

If I could offer a few suggestions:

1. Portraits work very well in B&W. This one certainly does. I assume the background is multi-coloured, and this approach eliminates any negative influence that the background might have.

2. I find that you've gone a touch too hard in the contrast in this shot. I'd be tempted to tone things down a touch. You might get away with a more contrasty shot with a male, but generally a softer touch works better on a woman. I find you've lost a bit of the skin tonality.

3. I put a gentle vignette around most of my portraits, just to downplay the background a bit and put more prominence on the subject. I think this would be useful on this shot.

[blakemcguire]

I'm looking at it on my phone now and it looks way brighter than on my computer. Confirmed this with a friend's computer. Looks like I need to fix my calibration again.

[Shadowman]

Nice vintage look.

[Manfred M]

I'm looking at it on my phone now and it looks way brighter than on my computer. Confirmed this with a friend's computer. Looks like I need to fix my calibration again.

Rule #1 - After calibrating and profiling your computer screen, don't touch the screen controls!

That might explain it Blake. I look forward to seeing the revised version.

[blakemcguire]

Thoughts?

[Geoff F]

Looking good to me.

Just a couple of very slight background tweaks for me.

The top of the waterfall is a little distracting particularly being so close to her head.

Tiny bright areas; on her left thumb, on the fence below her elbow and to the left of her left toe. And a couple of very small bright spots scattered around the background. Otherwise looking perfect.

[bnnrcn]

Second version looks much better

[Manfred M]

Blake - the second edit is certainly a step in the right direction, but I still find it a bit too hard (i.e. contrasty) for my taste. We are starting to see skin texture in Erin's face, so this is a good thing.