Of course I love this photo. He is my son after all! He is full of smiles but occasionally puts out a bored look. Shot under a covered porch with the black side of reflector at camera right to create a little shadowing on his face.
Only time will tell how well he holds up against the macros of bugs and flowers. ;) I love the picture regardless but i'll go on record and predict a 6.35 and a top 20% placing.
Lightroom aged photo preset
soft light layer for dodge and burn on eyes, hands, and around nose
USM on eyes
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Some more selective sharpening
OVerlay layer for some more dodge/burn
Gaus Blur layer masked to smooth skin along Left side of cheek.
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Excellent. This is a beautiful shot. Your son has gorgeous, expressive eyes. He's going to break a lot of hearts one of these days.
I did a portrait shot of my step-daughter recently and got a comment from LevT saying he would have taken more off the top. After holding my hand over the top of the picture I saw he was right. The shot was more balanced. I got this feeling when I held my hand over the top of your image. Hope you don't mind me telling you this, I'm certainly no expert.
Cheers,
Irene
Edited for spelling.
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