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A quickie break from Rome! Had a Camera Club model night last night with the lovely Kim here, so thought I'd inflict one of my efforts on you 
Can't decide whether I prefer colour or mono, so here's both! 
Taken with my 85mm Micro Nikkor macro lens which is, as well as for macro work, ideal for portraits.
Single Raw image processed in Adobe Camera Raw and tweaked in Photoshop Elements 11
Thanks again to everyone for your votes & comments on my previous uploads, it really is appreciated and encouraging.
Trev
| Camera: | Nikon D3000  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | AF-S DX Micro Nikkor 85mm VR  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 19 Nov 2012 - 9:25 PM |
| Focal Length: | 85mm |
| Aperture: | f/5.6 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/80sec |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Exposure Mode: | Manual |
| Metering Mode: | Matrix |
| Flash: | Studio set-up |
| White Balance: | Auto |
| Title: | Kim |
| Username: | 
TrevBatWCC |
| Uploaded: | 20 Nov 2012 - 3:59 PM |
| Tags: | Black & white, Camera club, Flash / lighting, Kim, Model night, Portraits / people |
| Votes: | 46 |
| Modifications Welcome (Upload a Modification) |
 | Variant - Tests |
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I go for the mono, Trev. I'm like that
Regards
Bill
Mono for me, Trev, only because I'm not so keen on the lipstick/hair colour combination.
Dave
Has to be mono for me Trev as it takes the bloodshot out of the corner of the eye. Nice light.
Regards
Trev.
With the kind of processing youve used, I think the mono works best. I do something similar for my conversions - the colour is often too detailed. A softer version might work better for the colour, but as Chris says, it is very contemporary.
As a portrait, it is nicely shot - good eye contact and composed well.
Anne
Super portrait Trevor.
Beautiful model, excellent focus on the eyes.
I’m more comfortable with the BW version.
David
V2 mono the skin tones look a little stark so for me it's V1 and good shot of this attractive young lady
A great portrait Trevor, love the eyes. Both are good but the mono takes it for me.
Darren.
Mono for me Trevor but feel both are a little hard or sharp as a portrait image, try putting a GBlur layer on ( set the blur to about 10) and then set the opacity to 20% and then rub the eyes and mouth through. might work, see what you think
Regards Richard
Thanks for your advice, Richard. I did actually add some blur to soften the skin tones (and iron out a few spots and pimples!) but let the eyes and mouth to come through - perhaps I need to add a bit more!
It's good to have to some feedback, especially as I'm not expert at portrait photography.
Trev
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