Ella Schreiber, QPSA, APSA
About the Image(s)
Another Character from the Renaissance Festival … a lady that was in costume and dressed to the 9's … she told us she was a grandmother… hard to believe… in any case, this was shot with a CS camera using an 18-400 lens @ 83mm, F8, !/125, ISO 320. In post camera processing, I removed the background b/c it was busy and distracting, she was wearing “creative” contact lenses … where one of her eyes was red, the other green… I had to change both eyes to something most people can relate to, NIK silver Efex was used for B/W conversion, sharpened, a vignette added, cropped, and s 2 px stroke added. I titled this image Cool Gram & hope you think she is as cool as I do.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
11 comments posted
Darrell   Posted: 06/01/2018 17:30:12
So far so good, but I feel that the blotchy nature of the shoulders, etc does not sit well with the facial tones and requires similar attention.   Posted: 06/02/2018 08:09:23
Transforming an already attractive woman to something amazing is quite a feat.
All in all an excellent portrait.   Posted: 06/11/2018 16:23:45
I agree with colleagues. The portrait was very successful. Super! I'm not a big fan of strong skin retouching on the face, but it's all subjective. Well done!   Posted: 06/15/2018 07:23:19
(Group 32)
This shows a lot of skill at transforming the original. Your group colleagues have already commented about your model's shoulders that need a bit of work to match the job you did on the skin of her face.
What I want to note here is that images can go in many interesting and valid directions. Your finished monochrome indeed shows a "Cool Gram," especially with the pretty much professional care you took of her skin, making her look about 30 years old.
On the other hand, there might have been the choice to portray an active but somewhat aging woman (around 60), whose facial lines have marked her with life's experiences.
Both possible. Both legitimate. Yea, creativity.   Posted: 06/15/2018 16:22:09
Firstly many congratulations in your recent success in the PSA PID Individual Portrait comp so glad you entered and here's an example of why you had that success and why you will continue to have success with your portraits in the future.As you know I do a lot of portraits at U.K. Comic Cons and coloured contacts are a major feature of the people I photograph but never had a person with 2 different coloured ones hope that does not catch on!You did a remarkable job with the background the exposure is spot on with a great tonal range and its pin sharp especially on the eyes were it needs to be, this is purely my personal opinion only but I agree with Stephen I would rather the skin left alone and not smoothed as I think the original shows character but that is my personal taste and I am not the author,but a superb portrait I think you have another winner on your hands Ella.   Posted: 06/17/2018 12:48:33