"Crowning Glory" (a street shot)

[Aeros]

I would have preferred a less posed look here, but this is what she gave me, so I took it.

8480400158_7114cd7dfa_o by Aeros4, on Flickr
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[IzzieK]

I love the last one, Richard!! Impromptu shots for me are better taken than posed ones. These are all good ones.

[bnnrcn]

I loved the last one too I would try a B&W conversion for #3 to see how it works.

[Shadowman]

Nice ones.

[rpcrowe]

Nice looking lady! Her complexion looks a bit "orange" on my monitor. I selected her face, reduced the saturation a bit and increased the brightness just a TAD. Which looks a bit more realistic to my eyes (on my monitor).

Having lived all most of my life wearing reddish hair over a ruddy complexion, I always stayed away from orange and brown clothing. Being vain, it seemed like blues and greens were a better colors to wear with my hair and complexion.

Of course, that was just my opinion. Others might say "You don't look good in any color"

BTW, I still have a ruddy complexion but not much hair left...

[Aeros]

Nice looking lady! Her complexion looks a bit "orange" on my monitor. I selected her face, reduced the saturation a bit and increased the brightness just a TAD. Which looks a bit more realistic to my eyes (on my monitor).

Having lived all most of my life wearing reddish hair over a ruddy complexion, I always stayed away from orange and brown clothing. Being vain, it seemed like blues and greens were a better colors to wear with my hair and complexion.

Of course, that was just my opinion. Others might say "You don't look good in any color"

I'm curious too I will take another look at the WB as I agree she does look a little orange. One of the things I was taught in portrait paining was to include the skin reflections of colour. A subject BTW, I still have a ruddy complexion but not much hair left...

I can see the orange too, I will run this through C1 as it was done in another RAW editor, change the kelvin value and see what improves. I agree about the choice of clothing. If she wore a green tartan barrette she would look even more stunning. I'm curious as to how she would look in black and white, although to lose the colour in her hair would seem pointless, but I will take a look out of curiosity. Thanks for looking and feedback. PS. There will definitely be a strong influence by her hair colour reflecting off her skin, a local adjustment may be the way to go here as I would not want to lose the colour in her hair.

[Aeros]

Nice ones.

Thanks

[Aeros]

I love the last one, Richard!! Impromptu shots for me are better taken than posed ones. These are all good ones.

Hi Izzie, I almost slept in, I really had to talk myself into getting up early to go to this biker thing. I would have missed this shot had I rolled over. When she rolled into the parking lot, my instant reaction was a deep guttural laugh. There were camera phones coming out of nowhere surrounding her for a shot. I cloned out all the background and morphed in the pavement. Thanks for looking and commenting Izzie

The dogs body language is what amused me, I'm convinced the dog thought it was human.

[Aeros]

I loved the last one too I would try a B&W conversion for #3 to see how it works.

I will, as B&W brings out a lot more detail, that's why I want to see what happens to the red hair in portrait #1, what would I get in a trade of color for detail? thanks for looking Binnur and for your suggestion.