Girl in sun hat

[rpcrowe]

Even though I used fill flash on this one. I am bothered about the area of her chin where the hat brim doesn't shade. I asked her to tilt her head down a bit so that the shadow would cover her entire face but, then the brim of the hat interfered with her eyes. Additionally, with her chin lowered, it almost seemed like she had a double skin. I also tried working this out in PP (which I why I decided on the high key effect) but, that shadow line still bothers me...



BTW, I didn't have the opportunity of moving her to a shaded area...

Is that shadow line as bothersome to you as it is to me? I do, however, like her eyes which is the reason I kept this image instead of dumping it. She reminds me of my step-daughter.

Here's one in color with no shadow line on her chin...

[Shadowman]

Did you try NIK Viveza shadow adjustment? Nice set.

[rpcrowe]

John... I use NIK Viveza on almost all of my images. It helped this one a bit. I also tried selecting the bottom of her chin using Viveza's control point and they trying to even out the light. This is about the best that I was able to do.

This is the OOC image with no processing...

[John 2]

Richard, for me this is one of the most difficult PP problems to solve because it is difficult to darken the highlight on her chin and retain some modelling of the curve. However try this:

1. Select the area and copy it.
2. paste it back as a layer.
3. Clone some texture back from the middle of her cheek onto the layer at about a 40% - 50% opacity.
4. Add a Layer Mask and then use the gradient tool from left to right to vary the opacity of the cloned texture to get some shape back into the chin. You will need to experiment with the start and finish point to find the best compromise.
5. If necessary, alter the overall layer opacity to get the best match with the rest of the face.
6. Flatten the image and clone at low opacity to get rid of any edges.
7. Dodge and Burn as needed to tidy up.

That should produce something like the image below in which I have also used the Highlight/Shadows tool to selectively pull back some detail in the broach around her neck and to better balance the peripheral highlights with the area around her eyes.

That would be my approach. Hope it is of some help.

P.S. I still like the High Key approach.

[rpcrowe]

Richard, for me this is one of the most difficult PP problems to solve because it is difficult to darken the highlight on her chin and retain some modelling of the curve. However try this:

1. Select the area and copy it.
2. paste it back as a layer.
3. Clone some texture back from the middle of her cheek onto the layer at about a 40% - 50% opacity.
4. Add a Layer Mask and then use the gradient tool from left to right to vary the opacity of the cloned texture to get some shape back into the chin. You will need to experiment with the start and finish point to find the best compromise.
5. If necessary, alter the overall layer opacity to get the best match with the rest of the face.
6. Flatten the image and clone at low opacity to get rid of any edges.
7. Dodge and Burn as needed to tidy up.

That should produce something like the image below in which I have also used the Highlight/Shadows tool to selectively pull back some detail in the broach around her neck and to better balance the peripheral highlights with the area around her eyes.

That would be my approach. Hope it is of some help.

P.S. I still like the High Key approach.

I will definitely try your suggestions...

I tried another shot at the second image...


This is probably my final version...

[John 2]

Your final version for me also Richard. Prefer it without the blur. Such a pretty face deserves to be seen in full.

[bnnrcn]

What a beautiful lady My fav is the last one but I also like the high key treatment .