| View Full Version : V-Oil rab3rd 07-11-2007, 11:46 AM Still working on those backgrounds, finally got some pictures of people to work with. My wife took this on a recent visit home. Does it look painterly enough? Does the background work? http://www.scatteredlightphotography.com/Oils/Heather.jpg Britsdad 07-11-2007, 01:16 PM Hiya rab, Far be it from me to critisize, and I think I can see where you want to go, but for me the overall image is too "orange" (maybe Tango man :blush: ) I think maybe if you change the colour of the background to a cooler hue you may get away with it but I would tone down her face as well (and a lovely face it is!) and it all looks a little too smooth for my taste, but that's just me. See what you think about a blue ground...... Sorry.....John rab3rd 07-11-2007, 01:26 PM Better? http://www.scatteredlightphotography.com/Oils/Heather2.jpg Gilbert 07-11-2007, 01:33 PM Hi rab3rd can I suggest backing off saturation of facial tones using 'layers/new adjustment layer/hue& sat'...then reduce saturation and paint on mask to restore background............background looks good to me regards gilbert Gilbert 07-11-2007, 01:48 PM Me again including a quick example in which Ive also tried to highlight parts of hair as well as the saturation change gilbert sylvia1065 07-11-2007, 07:01 PM Hi Rab, Hmmm, on my computer there are whiter spots around the eyes (not too dramatic) but mostly under the lips. Might want to fix those... Sylvia Britsdad 07-11-2007, 07:16 PM Hi Rab, I like it more now but as Sylvia says, I see white spots and, unless it's this monitor, (I'm at work now) her face has got a greenish tinge to it now. I like what you've done to the hair tho', looks good. John rab3rd 07-12-2007, 06:21 AM Try #3....Much better I think... http://www.scatteredlightphotography.com/Oils/Heather3.jpg palms1 07-12-2007, 06:43 AM Try #3....Much better I think... http://www.scatteredlightphotography.com/Oils/Heather3.jpg The best by far Rab, the small thumbnails never do this technique much justice the bigger they are the more painterly they look :) Do you do your backgrounds on a seperate layer ? if so you could save just the background and change the colour to suit your image Palms rab3rd 07-12-2007, 07:27 AM Thanks everyone for the comments and encouragement.....practice, practice, practice.... Britsdad 07-12-2007, 09:29 AM Yep, Nice job Rab. John sylvia1065 07-12-2007, 09:44 AM Excellent, Rab! :) Sylvia |