Reply #2 - October 01, 2011, 12:33:00 PM
The skin tones look good. Can we see the original so we know all that you have done as far as retouching goes? Did you burn in the background? It appears to have an 'edited' edge to it around the back of her head. It's not bad, but a potential improvement. I wish we could see more separation of her hair and the background on the right side of the image instead of it all falling to blackness, same with the elbow and hand.
Travis
Ok this is the original for comparison, the fading to blackness was intentional and in my opinion works. You and of course everyone else are entitled to disagree - which is good, if we all liked and disliked the same images there would be no need for forums
Not sure if you can tell the extent of the work at this res, but it took about 2 1/2 hours. As i said, there were no "quick fix" blurring techniques used. all the pores and details remain. I hate plastic skin and there's plenty about!
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