12-jan 2010. portrait.. melissa and guinea pig
by roz

Comment by roz:

Originally posted by caseyface: Great shot! I used to have guinea pigs, so this automatically jumped out at me. What did you do to this one? The person's coloring looks more muted. It's not a bad thing, mind you, but I am just curious if you processed it somehow.

put it in photoshop so i could tell you .. !!
duplicated background layer and did a gaussian blur on new layer in soft light blending mode ..
lucisart/whyeth action on the pig .. sharpened ..
black and white adjustment layer at 61% but painted it out in a mask on the guinea pig ..
levels adjustment layer ..
for vignette i created a new layer and selected an area a lot inside the image border and inverted the selection .. then select/modify/feather at 250% and filled the area i'd selected with a very dark brown colour in soft light blending mode .. brought down the opacity to 81% ..

ROBBERFLY
by roz

Comment by artistChan:
Hey Roz brilliant pic.. I always liked ur supermacro shots and hope to emulate you :)
And you know what! I got one guess on my entry as Roz.. that's my prize for this challenge..

11-jan 2010. portrait.. rosannah
by roz

Comment by smardaz:
really nice soft feel to this roz, when i saw the thumb i thought it might have been a scan of a shot of you in your younger days.

ROBBERFLY
by roz

Comment by suemack:
Fantastic shot Roz! Not surprising that so many guessed it was you :))

11-jan 2010. portrait.. rosannah
by roz

Comment by ErikV:
Definitely imparts a moody feel.

12-jan 2010. portrait.. melissa and guinea pig
by roz

Comment by ErikV:
Very cute guinea pig, very attentive, its coat has great colors

11-jan 2010. portrait.. rosannah
by roz

Comment by caseyface:
I love this one. The right eye might benefit from a tad more light, if possible. However, I am not bothered by it. The whole portrait has such a great feel to it. I'd eliminate the border though.

12-jan 2010. portrait.. melissa and guinea pig
by roz

Comment by caseyface:
Great shot! I used to have guinea pigs, so this automatically jumped out at me. What did you do to this one? The person's coloring looks more muted. It's not a bad thing, mind you, but I am just curious if you processed it somehow.

10-jan 2010. portrait.. pat
by roz

Comment by bassbone:
i like the hard processing to counteract the softness of his eyes

ROBBERFLY
by roz

Comment by stevieian:
It's gotta be roz...