It's the "tweaking it to all hell & gone" that concerns me... :) But, I'll look into the Nik filters. Thanks for looking! -c
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 3:58 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: Christine Nielsen >> >> Hi all, >> >> Here is an image I've been working on: >> >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/6329908364/in/photostream/lightbox/ >> >> My friend brought her new baby over so I could try some portraits... >> the idea had been to capture some of those adorable, curled-up, >> sleeping-baby poses... However, baby Dahlia had other plans, so I did >> my best to roll with them. >> >> Looking at the images, I'm finding that baby skin is tricky >> business... I see a lot of newborn portraits that are over-done >> (imho), in terms of skin smoothing. I did clean up minor blemishes & >> spots, and tried a few other LR adjustments... but nothing really >> addressed the blotchy appearance of her arms...I don't want Dahlia >> here to end up looking plastic, but I don't want that issue to detract >> from the image, either. I could spend all day trying out different >> interventions & comparing results, but I thought I'd get some feedback >> first... >> >> Would you address the blotchy? Or leave it? >> What would your go-to method be? >> >> Thanks in advance for your thoughts, > > I think I'd just hit it a tiny lick with Nik Filters Dynamic Skin Softener, > just enough to make the arms look as nice as the face. > > Unless I was getting paid for the portrait ... in which case I'd go all out > & import it into Corel Painter after tweaking it to all hell and gone in > Photoshop. > > If I'm getting paid, I want my customer to believe I'm giving them my very > best. Even if I ain't getting paid much. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
