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    A recap of a old portrait

    Hi all, some of you may recongise the following photo from earlier, but i was bored, hot & sweaty and cant sleep so this is what i been concentrating on for about 45 mins. My cloning skill is no good enough to get ride of her protruding forarm, but i believe i dont atleast a okish job on the selective colouring of her eyes and the flower.. What you think? Be honest now

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    _MG_3480copy1 by AllenLennon, on Flickr

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    Re: A recap of a old portrait

    Hi Allen,
    I did type a more detailed reply but things went wrong before I posted and I lost it.


    In short I have made some adjustment that I thing give you another option to consider.


    One of the main things I did was to sharpen the picture. I’m happy to go through the work-flow if you wish.

    Well done mate and thanks for sharing.


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    Last edited by JPS; 2nd December 2012 at 01:18 PM.

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    Re: A recap of a old portrait

    Lovely photo but for me convert the green of the leaves so you just have the pink flowers.

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    Re: A recap of a old portrait

    Thanks glenn, and john, i would love to know how you removed the arm, i couldnt get it right, and i liked the blurred background.

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    Re: A recap of a old portrait

    Ok, so i did my best with my skils at removing the forarm(not as good as johns), blurred and smudged a bit of the background, and sharpened her face, hair and flower abit. And i left the green in for now. I know, not the best, but i surprised myself.

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    _MG_3480copy2 by AllenLennon, on Flickr

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    Re: A recap of a old portrait

    Hi Allen, I grabbed John's (JPS) version because he had done a good job on removing the arm, cropped it slightly, reduced the highlights behind the trees and then lifted the tones in the face. As usual when I rush I over do some thing and lightened the forehead a bit more than I should have. You have captured a nice (pensive?) expression and it is certainly worth you spending your time on the portrait.

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    Last edited by pnodrog; 3rd December 2012 at 01:21 AM.

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