Colored Bricks
by 777STAN

Comment by Kwilson10:
I dont really like the color change, maybe if the wall was longer you could just take an interesting shot of the dark red brickwall

Colored Bricks
by 777STAN

Comment by andrewt:
Not interesting enough to make the image score higher

Tunisha-11thAnniversary-021.jpg
by 777STAN

Comment by Retroesque:
Great job on the skin tone. I like her comfort with posing.

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by 777STAN

Comment by bassbone:
i quite like the lighting on her hair - it really gives the image a nice shine, but it seems that there was not enough light on her face (either with fill flash or reflector). i am not sure that the post processing to lighten her face works here - it seems to make the light very flat and gray - and this doesn't seem consistent with the rest of the lighting in the photo.

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by 777STAN

Comment by Alicia:
Excellent portrait. She was obviously at ease with you taking her photo - her expression is really good. Love the isolation you achieved through the white background, also all the detail - teeth, necklaces, hair - makes for a highly interesting photo.

Tunisha-11thAnniversary-021.jpg
by 777STAN

Comment by 777STAN:
Thanks for the good word, All! This is encouraging.

Melethia, this dear lady had some facial blemishes that I tried to minimize with the spot-healing tool in PS Elements 4.0...It is obvious to me that I still leave a little to be desired, but I'm learning that it is "just a matter of time."

Tunisha-11thAnniversary-021.jpg
by 777STAN

Comment by Melethia:
A very good portrait, Stan! Good even lighting, excellent detail where you want it. There's some obvious cloning/healing on the forward cheek but noticeable only if you're looking for things like that. I suspect you were trying to done down hot spots? There's a patch tool where you can pull a section from elsewhere and "patch" over the hot spot section. I'm not all that proficient with working with it, but if you have Photoshop, you may want to see what you can do with it.

Mixed Media Fence
by 777STAN

Comment by Frankie_Lv:
Nice image. Clipping the top corner of the brick column hurt a bit here.

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by 777STAN

Comment by Melethia:
Looks like this was a very good post processing learning experience. I think you achieved your objective pretty well in the multi-part conversion, but you lost a bit of detail in the lighter color car in the back that exists in the color version. Somehow you also lost a bit of sharpness in the car - it's softer here than in the color version. You did a good job of removing yourself from the reflection!

Tunisha-11thAnniversary-021.jpg
by 777STAN

Comment by Bud:
Nice clean, simple portrait