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Hakan Cem Isiklar
{K:2704} 2/3/2005
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Beautiful woman beautiful eyes...
Congrats...
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* James *
{K:20200} 11/12/2004
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indeed, nice eyes. the comments associated with this photo have given me some ideas on what to do here in china (with respect to photography), as i'm surrounded by beautiful women.
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Gabriella Carta
{K:22879} 10/19/2004
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beautiful portrait, wonderful eyes. Regards by Gabry
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m.c. lopez
{K:14766} 9/21/2004
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nice portrait ! very nice !
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vladimir antic
{K:3307} 9/15/2004
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it is nice from you to tall the secret.Unfortunately, I don`t have equipment to make good photos,so I have to scribble and upgrade them on pc.It is dangerous beacuse it could bring us in trash of a work of art, but I graduate sculpturing so it helps. Thak you very much
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Jeff Fiore
{K:11277} 9/12/2004
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Jennifer, I do know what you mean. My camera is only 4 megapixels so I have to be carefull about composition - not necessarily a bad thing. One thing though desaturation is not the best method to convert to B&W - instead, try using the channel mixer - see here. BTW this is an excellent site with tons of info.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/b-w_better.shtml
The article recommends keeping to 100% - I ignore that
Another method I use is this:
http://www.adobe.com/tips/phs8colorbw/main.html
I usually try them both and see which one looks better.
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jennifer armstrong
{K:6688} 9/12/2004
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thanks, vladimir. I desaturated the photo completely in PS & then added the blue/cyan tones in afterwards. Someone just taught me this toning process & i've been having a lot of fun playing with it - & yay, no chemicals! :O) Did you work on your self-portrait series in PS or by hand & then scan them? You do great work - very powerful & original - & inspiring.
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jennifer armstrong
{K:6688} 9/12/2004
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hi jeff - yes, the shot was hand-held but i actually didn't do any sharpening to the image. I think the effects you're seeing are from the desaturating, toning & levels work i did on it - all as a jpeg - so definitely some loss of quality there. I guess i'm going to get much larger files to work with with my new D70 so shouldn't have as much loss of info even with jpegs in the future. :O)
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Bradley Prue
{K:30678} 9/12/2004
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While the eyes are indeed, stunning....it is the thoughtful, intense expression on your face that I find fascinating. I agree with prior comments, that it takes a great deal of guts, to put yourself in front of the lens, for all to "pick apart". It is a courageous shot, that I find remarkable! ..Brad
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**** *****
{K:9527} 9/12/2004
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Love the blue tones! Wonderful eyes!
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Jorg Reif
{K:16020} 9/11/2004
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Hi Jennifer, great job here. Those eyes are really mesmerizing. Amazingly captivating and touching self portrait. To be honest it is in my perception disturbingly intimate und thus very brave to post. Atleast judging from your portfolio and your artistic skills manifested there I think you do not have any reason to look up to the rest of the world. Thank you for sharing. Best regards Jorg
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david cunningham
{K:8255} 9/11/2004
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jennifer...
my god, those eyes...
nice work.
david
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karen clarke
{K:18893} 9/11/2004
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Beautiful, I agree with Tim, it really enhances your stunning eyes. I like the blue toning again here~
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vladimir antic
{K:3307} 9/11/2004
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excellent color.Photoshop?
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Roger Skinner
{K:81846} 9/11/2004
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snug!!
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Jeff Fiore
{K:11277} 9/11/2004
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Jennifer,
Beautiful even with clothes - LOL! Wonderful shot - good perspective and composition - the toning works so well. For shooting at 1/15 sec, you did a good job - I assume this was hand held. It does appear that you oversharpened slightly with the Unsharp Mask - eyelashes look a bit halo-like. Was this due to the slightly long handheld exposure? Or maybe jpeg compression artifacts?
Jeff
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Phil M
{K:11526} 9/11/2004
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Great one!! :)
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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 9/11/2004
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BIG EYES....i like the perspective you have there. Really inhances the size of your eyes.
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Margaret Sturgess
{K:49403} 9/11/2004
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Both your portrait shots are very good, even more so because you are taking them of yourself which adds a whole other dimension, which I feel shows extra expertise. I do not as a rule ever comment on photos technically, as I do not consider myself 'expert' enough to do so, but I do take notice.
Margaret
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