Reference to the Fleetwood Mac song. I just couldn\'t come up with anything else. This is my daughter, face covered in gold dust used for cake decorating. I had to wet her face a bit with liquid makeup to make it stick. Then it clumped. So I let it dry and then used a big makeup brush to brush it around. By then I lost the daylight. Not much done, resized, sharpened, a little hue/saturation. USM, saved for web. Oh, and she was quite the unwilling model as you can tell by the expression.
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Trading POst - Tough go of it in this challenge (at least you didnt brown right?) After reading your desription I see what you were looking for but the execution is pretty poor. Just one of those entries to look back on and see where you came up from. Hang in there and put out more pics along the lines of the jellies. You have a 6 shot in you and I feel it will be coming out soon.
Not one of your best, but kudos to your daughter for being a good sport about it! Kinda looks more fake-tannish than gold, and you lose the hair in the background. She really is a very pretty model, though!
I've read your "Perils of Pauline" explanation of this shot. I'm not sure I blame your daughter...she's a saint. When voting I didn't think the gold was working (now I know why), but I thought your daughter's expression was cute...so I didn't vote too harshly. 5. (Next time use her in a photo that won't cover her face...she'll probably appreciate it and you'll probably score higher.
I think it's the uneven layer of gold on her face that I don't like the most. It seems splotchy. Her eyes aren't in focus and I'm not sure I like the lipstick. Nice try though.
Interesting subject matter.
I think I'd have liked to see more focus on the dust itself then the person. I lose the subject (being gold) against the contrast of her upper body. More reminiscent of a bad tanning gel, imo
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