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I keep telling you there's nothing wrong with your monos, this is very good, only comment I could make is be careful with the textured background, there's a couple of marks on there that if you get a heathen as a judge they may mistake them as dust bunnies.
Thanks all.
Many thanks for the EC Pete,well pleased with that,now all I have to do is wait for the competition & see what the verdict is on the print !
Quote:there's a couple of marks on there
Yep,noted those Nick but I am loathe to get rid of them as they were there on the texture layer & I do enough PP as it is,they don't appear toooooo badly on the print.
Quote: nothing wrong with your monos
I know you do....it's me,I'm a wuss at mono ( as you know) & never think the B&W/contrast range is good enough.
Janet xx
Many thanks for the EC Pete,well pleased with that,now all I have to do is wait for the competition & see what the verdict is on the print !
Quote:there's a couple of marks on there
Yep,noted those Nick but I am loathe to get rid of them as they were there on the texture layer & I do enough PP as it is,they don't appear toooooo badly on the print.
Quote: nothing wrong with your monos
I know you do....it's me,I'm a wuss at mono ( as you know) & never think the B&W/contrast range is good enough.
Janet xx
This is really good! An excellent conversion to mono and a picture many of us would be well chuffed to have taken. 
Soft and feminine but slightly gritty - Yes, I think you've achieved that result: Megan's expression reflects that effect exactly - a feminine but strong personality.
You always achieve such fine tones whether in colour or black and white and always with an impeccable sense of composition.
Well done!
You should do well in the competition you entered.
Garth
You always achieve such fine tones whether in colour or black and white and always with an impeccable sense of composition.
Well done!
You should do well in the competition you entered.
Garth
Beautiful shot Janet. I do not know what you are worried about with regard to your mono`s. Megan is a fanastic model and you always do her justice. Only trouble is I cannot decide if I like your still life`s more than your portraits or via versa. The quality of lighting, pose, softness of the skin tones are all first class.
Regards Roger
Regards Roger
Mission accomplished, lovely presentation.
David
David
Thanks everyone.
Kate...it looks rubbish in sepia ( I tried & quickly removed the conversion layer),I think it's because I know she has red hair & sepia does it no favours whatsoever.Reckon I would lose that slightly gritty feel to it if I used sepia.
Janet
Kate...it looks rubbish in sepia ( I tried & quickly removed the conversion layer),I think it's because I know she has red hair & sepia does it no favours whatsoever.Reckon I would lose that slightly gritty feel to it if I used sepia.
Janet
Quote:Have you enlarged her pupils or does she just fancy you I wonder?
Mr U !!!!!!!!
cheeky !Nope,not messed with her eyes,my portrait work is usually done in a dark room with just the modelling lamp on from the studio flashes...so I can see where I'm aiming
Guess the one modelling lamp isn't quite bright enough to reduce the pupil size 
Any other Brummie niggles Dave...or do I get off fairly unharmed today ?
I really like this....a wonderful and a bit moody b&w portrait. You use value nicely in this photo.
If you're rubbish at mono, I don't know where it puts the rest of us! This is far and away the best portrait I've seen on ephotozine. Lovely model, excellent lighting and very well photographed. It was worth visiting the gallery today, just to see this photo.
Really beautiful portrait
Erica
Erica
