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by suemack

Comment by stargazer05766:
Have heard the same about placing the onion under running water 1st.

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by suemack

Comment by stargazer05766:
Wow!! Double ears , double eyes, zooming in & out makes for an interesting image.. Impressive.

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by suemack

Comment by bs-photos:
lol, PyScHo kitty! Loving the processing/overlays!

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by suemack

Comment by roz:
love the softness ... she's just gorgeous .. a beautiful portrait .. cant offer any suggestions .. it looks perfect to me ..
now i've just looked at andy's suggestion/edit and the soft vignette really lifts this up ..:)

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by suemack

Comment by roz:
they were probably a sadist !!!
as a thumb that onion looked like a big blob of ice cream and i wondered why someone'd be cutting it like that .. lol ..
i've heard that doing them under cold running water is the way to go but i've never tried .. i'm not a sadist, i'm a masochist & ignorant .. !! ..:)

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by suemack

Comment by awpollard:
Excellent post processing. Love the kittens expression. The ligth area near the top really adds to the action of the shot.

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by suemack

Comment by awpollard:
I'm ok with the crop and placement of the subject. For me it still feels a little sharp for a glamouresque type shot. You're headed in the right direction as I can see the softness around the edges.

Try a gaussian blur layer, radius 8, blend mode normal on top and slide the Opacity from 48 down to 38 and see if there is a feel there you like. This will soften the shot and calm down any blemishes that stand out.

Once you have the over all softness you like Erase or Mask the Eyes/eyelashes and Lips back through lightly, leave some softness (erase at opacity of 6 or 8) but bring them out a bit.

Merge down and as mentioned below a little dodging under the eyes might cheer up the shot.

You could also add a slight bit of grain or disfussion to make it even more dreamy. Possible a light vignette around the corners.

Real quick take with the steps above:
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Message edited by author 2007-12-20 01:27:35.

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by suemack

Comment by awpollard:
Great DOF here, keeping only the onion, fingers and knife in focus. Nice fade on the forward arm coming in from the left. I might crop a bit off the left coming in a smidgeon closer to the bowl on the cutting board (but that's just me).

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by suemack

Comment by mmckenna:
excellent shot

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by suemack

Comment by electrolost:
my eyes are getting teary looking at this picture..