Absolutely! I replaced it on Flickr, so if you look at the same link as before ...
http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7262010996/lightbox/ you'll see the revised one. On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > You're welcome, Bruce. Your photo was excellent to begin with, so it's worth > making it as perfect as possible. When it comes to fixing photos that are > less than perfect, I have more experience than I care to admit to. Can we > see the result? > > On May 27, 2012, at 9:13 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> Okay, Paul, did that. Also lightened-up her hair and much ofthe whole >> left side of her face. I think that reduces that "lazy eye" illusion >> plus revealing her nice hair a lot more. >> >> Thanks for your critique and pointers, Paul! >> >> >> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Paul Stenquist >> <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> You could probably release a bit of the tension in her face by smoothing >>> out her brow above her left eye. Worth a try IMO. >>> Paul >>> On May 25, 2012, at 9:16 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> >>>> I'm sure you've seen Hurrell's work, if you've seen any b&w shots of >>>> Hollywood stars. >>>> >>>> https://www.google.com/search?q=george+hurrell&tbm=isch >>>> >>>> I agree her hair needs to be revealed more, and I need to brighten her >>>> eye as well, per Paul's suggestion, so I'm off to do some >>>> dodge'n'burn. :-) >>>> >>>> Thanks, Bob! >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Bruce, >>>>> I don't know George Hurrell's style at all, but I enjoyed the photo. >>>>> For such a glamorous shot, I miss her luxurious hair...needs light! >>>>> Regards, Bob S. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Was introduced to a lovely lady who wanted to do a creative shoot. I >>>>>> suggested Hollywood glamour ala George Hurrell and she said yeah ... >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7262010996/lightbox/ >>>>>> >>>>>> This is the first of a few I'll be retouching. The goal was B&W, but I >>>>>> couldn't resist keeping this one colour. >>>>>> >>>>>> The shoot took place yesterday in The Gallery Studio Cafe in New >>>>>> Toronto. There's a piano, which of course we made use of, and a nicely >>>>>> decorated bar with a big ol' espresso machine, which also made it into >>>>>> some shots. We basically had the run of the place. Dorothy enlisted >>>>>> two of her ex-colleagues (she was an on-air personality with a talk >>>>>> show on Rogers cable TV) for makeup and hair and they did a superb >>>>>> job. I have BTS shots of the two of them working on Dorothy >>>>>> simultaneously. >>>>>> >>>>>> I wanted to get the "focussed-light with rapid fall-off" look typical >>>>>> of George Hurrell's work, so I used the ring-light-in-a-softbox that I >>>>>> created especially for the shoot and tested on my wife last week. >>>>>> George used multiple big hotlights with fresnel lenses to get his >>>>>> look, so we clearly would only be able to approximate it but I think >>>>>> we didn't do too badly. He also spent hours dodging and burning to get >>>>>> his deep shadows and body contouring, so at least that part I'll be >>>>>> able to emulate accurately! :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 39mm/f:8.0, 100 ISO, 125th sec. >>>>>> AF160 ringlight in 18" Westcott Apollo softbox on monopod, held above >>>>>> and in front of subject's face. >>>>>> AF540 in 42" silvered umbrella for fill, camera-left. >>>>>> AF540 with snoot for hair, well back camera-right. >>>>>> Cowboy Studios radio triggers. >>>>>> Lr and Ps for post and retouching. >>>>>> >>>>>> Comments welcome! >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -bmw >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -bmw >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
