critique me critique me. come on;

[namphoto]

composite shot. model shot through a beauty dish from camera left and hair light through a refletor. background shot with film and ambient light.

post production, background just curves and saturation. model: curve, levels, hue and saturation, gradient map, painting layer, softlight 50% layer, black and white conversion desaturted layer blurred at low opacity, and i dont want to hear DONT ever blur skin textures, bc they are still there. otherwise hit me.

http://flickr.com/photos/21484632@N04/2223808133/

Original http://flickr.com/photos/21484632@N0...n/photostream/

[MatthewMarshall]

Show us the original photos!!! so we can see just how much editing you did. im just curios

[namphoto]

uploaded the original in original post.

[Swampy]

namphoto... Great job. Compared to the original, it's excellent.

[klassylady25]

It's great! I love restoration but really appreciate those of you that can do creative work and retouch.

2 thumbs up!!
Candy

[namphoto]

thanks the both of you, some good confidence building in my photos

[MatthewMarshall]

my bad i missed the original, lol .Very nice work, im not the type to complement, just ask the other people here. You do great work i like your style

[namphoto]

thanks alot matt, feels good when i hear something like that.