Hah, the baby's face and torso was so compelling that I didn't even notice the arms issue till I'd looked at the photo and come back here to say "nice picture!" -T
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote: > 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, > :) > -c > > -- > 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.
