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02/24/2009 02:26:22 PM · #1 |
I like the first one...but I'm wondering if the second would be more popular.
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02/24/2009 02:28:29 PM · #2 |
Without knowing the people, I have a slight preference for the second.
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02/24/2009 02:29:14 PM · #3 |
| I like the first one. In the second one, the reddish skin tones are more pronounced. |
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02/24/2009 03:15:24 PM · #4 |
| definitely the first one ... |
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02/24/2009 03:17:18 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by mpeters:
I like the first one. In the second one, the reddish skin tones are more pronounced. |
I believe selective colors would clear that up. |
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02/24/2009 03:19:12 PM · #6 |
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02/24/2009 03:25:26 PM · #7 |
I like the 2nd one, but the light off his head is too bright. But I like the darker suit of the 2nd.
I took the first one into photoshop and played with levels and came up with this--it gives the darkness of the 2nd, but not the shiny head.
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02/24/2009 03:36:53 PM · #8 |
I prefer the first personally, but different people - different tastes.
I would brighten his teeth {select - gentle desat - boost lightness) and I wondered about a squarer crop ?
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02/24/2009 05:33:06 PM · #9 |
For my tastes, the first one is generally superior. The rap against it might be that the skin is just too harsh, all the flaws and details are too prominent, but at the same time this is what makes it better on everything-but-skin.
But the thing of it is, you can layer the first one on the second one, then you can erase the faces, and you have both. Or you can layer the second one, lasso the faces, cntrl-x them and then cntrl-v them. Then you have a soft overall base layer, a sharper, crisper everything-but-faces second layer, and a third layer of nothing-but-faces that is likewise sharp & crisp. Now you can vary the opacity of the 2 overlays so you get the right balance, more soft on the faces but not as soft as base, and more crisp on the clothing but not as crisp as the full overlay.
There's a lot of things you can do, see?
R.
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02/24/2009 08:10:38 PM · #10 |
| The 2nd with some color corrections.. |
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