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[Hacker]

Meet James, or Jums as he is known. I managed to catch him gazing out the window, god only knows what he was thinking about.

This final image is just a result of experimenting with PP techniques, combining different layers and using the High Pass sharpening technique. The grainy effect is deliberate, I upped the ISO for that to get a different look. I realise it's blown out in a couple of places but I don't mind that.

As you can see he inherits his good looks from his Dad. :D

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f273/HackerUK/James-13th-April009mono4.jpg

[oldgit]

Not bad, *** something (cant place waht) doesnt quite gel about the lighting of the eyes. Maybe 'cos one is so much more shaddowed than the other :shrug:

[Hacker]

Good point, I'll re-do it.

Ta. :thumbs:

[RickMezza]

Looks just right to me. Nicely done

[markp]

Wow, superb portrait, as always.
Any pointers/tips/links as to how you got this photo to the finished product?

[Hacker]

Shot in natural light @f/2.8 in RAW. Just made a normal colour conversion and adjusted for levels and sharpened using High Pass Filter. I made a copy and used the Midnight Sepia plugin (I haven't got the link to hand but you can Google it) and when the adjustments were finalised on that version I copied it across on top of the original image and dropped the opacity. I then made a Layer mask to bring back the sharp eyes (the Midnight Sepia and Midnight Black plug-ins give a very soft effect), the original is much warmer than the web version as I didn't change the colour space.

I can really recommend the plugins, I use them all the time for various shots, even landscapes.

[photostar_1]

I like it......if anything I'd darken the bright side ever so slightly. Lovely eyes.

[ppp]

Really nice. like it a lot, just sat without a care in the world.