Retouch me!

[SymbolPhoto]

ok, i have a Hasselblad H3DII-31 raw image with 100 2.2 (It's a 51mb .fff file, but you can open in Lightroom or Phocus). It's a self portrait and it's mostly in focus... very slightly off due to moving to actually capture the image myself. But lots of usable texture.

Surely, we all like to work on the ladies... but sometimes you want something more challenging. I'm very challenging

Dowload:
http://www.symbolphoto.com/other/HassyRaw.fff

My retouch:
http://www.symbolphoto.com/other/BrendanPortrait.jpg

For the photogs in the house, here is the lighting setup:
http://vimeo.com/16556531



Enjoy.

[Boneappetit]

Very nice picture, very easy to work with. Here is my go.

By the way, can i have your permission to post this work on DA? The original retouch looks better. This attachment is a low resolution version, in order to upload it here.

I wasn't a happy camper with my 1st go, so I decided to go again... Here is the updated version.

[SymbolPhoto]

That's pretty cool!

Sure, you can post it anywhere you like. Damn, i need to clean my sensor!

[Boneappetit]

Originally Posted by SymbolPhoto

That's pretty cool!

Sure, you can post it anywhere you like. Damn, i need to clean my sensor!

Thanx man. Here is the link to my DA upload. Credit to your home page included.

http://boneappetit.deviantart.com/#/d32eedg

[Alison]

This isn't finished but thought I'd load it up before I went to bed. I think you can see where I'm going with it.

Thanks for the opportunity.

[D!!]

thanks for the photo
and this is mine try...

[Boneappetit]

Originally Posted by Alison

This isn't finished but thought I'd load it up before I went to bed. I think you can see where I'm going with it.

Thanks for the opportunity.

Very nice work Alison !

[Alison]

Originally Posted by Boneappetit

Very nice work Alison !

Thank you Boneappetit. Yourself and D!! did some fine edits as well

[Nasturtium]

thank you so much. I really enjoyed working on this. Here's my go.

The hardest part for me was trying to get rid of the glasses reflection. I tried to get rid of the hot spots on the glass's frames and well then..just lost heart. lol

- Nancy

may I have permission to post my edit to my Flickr account? With proper credit of course.

[marksiekmans]

hi,

great retouch, what was your workflow on the skin? just some desaturation and color adjust?

[marksiekmans]

here's a quick fix, only had 30 minutes but will give it another go later

[Tareq]

I don't know what happened to my Phocus, but i will try to fix it as soon as possible to play with your shot, i liked it and you making me to think to do more studio photoshoot to get results as you did, just i don't like to be a model myself, and i have only kids as models.

[SymbolPhoto]

Tareq, i'll take your photo when i'm in Dubai!

[Tareq]

Originally Posted by SymbolPhoto

Tareq, i'll take your photo when i'm in Dubai!

Use P&S please, i don't want all my ugly face details to be there, lol

[Phaeton]

SymbolPhoto
Thanks mate for providing the RAW file, it is a great shot with lots of info – shame about the focus on the face, would have made it even better. You could always make a composite with a sharper face from the same shoot in the same light conditions.
I worked this file because of the light set up and I wanted to show my point across somewhere else...
Would you mind if I post a PSD file of this post on another thread?

Cheers.