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Quote:Theres too many bright reflections in his eyes Tish, they look better with less; just paint in some of the existing eye colour carefully.
W
I did wonder about that, I also thought the whites of his eyes should be less saturated, after I had uploaded it.
Tish
Well done Tish
Cliff
Cliff
Gosh...impressive
I guess you like playing around with the software
I guess you like playing around with the software
An interesting image. Must be me, but I'm missing the point? I assume that is a well know painting in the background? The facial tones have changed from quite natural to very warm during your processing, although I accepted them until I looked at the original. Montage is very well done, but the Canon logo is also very demanding on the eye compositionally.
Paul
Paul
Terrific fun and very nicely composed. I like the way you have balanced his head against the lady's head in the painting.
A few minor points to add to the above:
I would very slightly soften the top edge of his hair. Hair / fur is probably the hardest thing to overlay convincingly!
The bottom edge of the painting is just visible through the sides of his sleeves, bottom left and right.
And I would get rid of that extra dark bit creeping into your frame bottom right, I'm not even sure what it is.
Maybe worth experimenting with a really ornate picture frame for the stolen goods?
I have to go out so I can't linger over a mod. But thanks for the laugh!
Moira
A few minor points to add to the above:
I would very slightly soften the top edge of his hair. Hair / fur is probably the hardest thing to overlay convincingly!
The bottom edge of the painting is just visible through the sides of his sleeves, bottom left and right.
And I would get rid of that extra dark bit creeping into your frame bottom right, I'm not even sure what it is.
Maybe worth experimenting with a really ornate picture frame for the stolen goods?
I have to go out so I can't linger over a mod. But thanks for the laugh!
Moira
V1 for me Tish, although a little bright in the eyes., it has worked well with the faded background,
Well done
Patty
Well done
Patty
Well, it's stuff I couldn't do!
It's not that his eyes are lifeless, so much as there are a large number of reflections in the original picture. You've tidied up a lot for the montage.
I looked hard at the "excess reflections" in the finished version - I don't think it's that - it's that you have lightened his irises quite a lot - and while this can look great in a portrait, it makes him quite gimlet-eyed here!
So maybe tone the eyes down a touch... No more required.
It's not that his eyes are lifeless, so much as there are a large number of reflections in the original picture. You've tidied up a lot for the montage.
I looked hard at the "excess reflections" in the finished version - I don't think it's that - it's that you have lightened his irises quite a lot - and while this can look great in a portrait, it makes him quite gimlet-eyed here!
So maybe tone the eyes down a touch... No more required.
Quote:Terrific fun and very nicely composed. I like the way you have balanced his head against the lady's head in the painting.
A few minor points to add to the above:
I would very slightly soften the top edge of his hair. Hair / fur is probably the hardest thing to overlay convincingly!
The bottom edge of the painting is just visible through the sides of his sleeves, bottom left and right.
And I would get rid of that extra dark bit creeping into your frame bottom right, I'm not even sure what it is.
Maybe worth experimenting with a really ornate picture frame for the stolen goods?
I have to go out so I can't linger over a mod. But thanks for the laugh!
Moira
Thanks Moira,
How would I soften his hair to make it look more natural; is it the softness of the brush? The dark bit in the bottom right is part of his arm that I neglected to chop off.................
So Glad Willie has a good sense of humour, I needed a different background and didn't want a plain background and Willie's last upload was the last EPZ image I had viewed. Plus, he had given me a fit of giggles all afternoon when I should have been working from a comment he made on a much earlier upload and I never got anymore work done.
Unfortunately the Art Work had to be cut from the original and very ornate frame during the very rushed theft.
As a qualified and experienced lecturer, I can say, Willie is a very good teacher, so any achievements I make must be credited accordingly.
Tish
An excellent job done here, Tish, I couldn't have done better! 
Having said that, I do agree with banehawi about the eyes looking a bit too bright, but an excellent piece of work. The only other niggle is that he really should have had a Nikon around his neck, not a Canon!!
Trev
Having said that, I do agree with banehawi about the eyes looking a bit too bright, but an excellent piece of work. The only other niggle is that he really should have had a Nikon around his neck, not a Canon!! Trev
Quote:How would I soften his hair to make it look more natural; is it the softness of the brush?
Yes. As this stands, I would just work along the edge with the blur tool, very small brush, experiment with different strengths. It's a question of avoiding the cut-out look. I'm back at a computer now so I might have a go..
Moira
Quote:An excellent job done here, Tish, I couldn't have done better!
Having said that, I do agree with banehawi about the eyes looking a bit too bright, but an excellent piece of work. The only other niggle is that he really should have had a Nikon around his neck, not a Canon!! Trev
The fact that he has a Canon rather than a Nikon may explain why he is no longer on the course
Thanks for the comment.
Tish
Quote:An excellent job done here, Tish, I couldn't have done better!
Having said that, I do agree with banehawi about the eyes looking a bit too bright, but an excellent piece of work. The only other niggle is that he really should have had a Nikon around his neck, not a Canon!! Trev
The fact that he has a Canon rather than a Nikon may explain why he is no longer on the course
Thanks for the comment.
Tish
Grrrr. I was going to say how very well you did with this image and then you went and spoilt it with your Canon comment!!! Marked down now
But well done anyway you really are mastering this processing lark!
This has generated quite some set of commentaries, ?Tish. You have succeeded.
Peter
Peter
