[Recovered Thread: 58380]

[vIZnquest]

Went out west to see family and also had a visit witha dear friend of mine. I finally got a shot of her without her hat or sunglasses on.

Did some PP to this (used what I learned from Rodney Blair on the eyes)and took it originally in color.

Shotwith my Pentax *ist DS and 28mm to 200mm Tamron lens.

[RodneyBlair]

You shouldn't tell everything. If you hadn't mentioned doing anything to the eyes, I would have never known. They look very natural.

This is a nice shot that you should be very proud of. See what it looks like after a little levels adjustment to increase the overall brightness and a tad more contrast.

How do you like the Tamron...Looks like it is a sharp lens.

Rodney

[vIZnquest]

Point taken Rodney. If I may ask I would love to see how you would edit this. I actually want to make a print of this for her. Itis to celebrate her one year of remission.

Thanks for your comments.

I do like the Tamron lens and I did take some action shots of my cousin playing soccer the next day and was pleased with most of them.

Still learning and loving this hobby.

[RodneyBlair]

You'll need to do the adjustments to your original because too much of the hair detail is missing in web size version.

I've given it a little boost for comparison though. The darker background areas will be less distracting if you selectively brigten those areas a tad. It doesn't need much.

One year of remission is certainly a good reason to celebrate. She looks great and very happy too!

When I downloaded this image, my thumbnail was in color. Do you have a magical camera? :-) Anyway, the color version looks good too, but I'm very fond of b&w.

Rodney

[Stevekin]

RodneyBlair wrote:

When I downloaded this image, my thumbnail was in color. Do you have a magical camera? :-)

Don't forget Rodney, the photo was taken in colour and the thumbnail is of the original filewhich wasn't converted to B&W, only the original file was .

Steve.

[RodneyBlair]

Stevekin wrote:

RodneyBlair wrote:

Don't forget Rodney, the photo was taken in colour and the thumbnail is of the original file which wasn't converted to B&W, only the original file was .
Steve.

Yeah, I understand that, but usually I do not get a different image for the thumb when downloading from here.

[Stevekin]

That's why I said "don't forget", as i'm sure you were aware, but maybe forgot :-).