BEAUTY AND ........

[mikeaspinall]

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[mikeaspinall]

From Thursday night's open night. More on ADAPS Facebook for anyone who cares to look.

I like these most of all.

[John]

Looks like you had a good time. I like the first and third images best.

[Paul Jones]

Hi Mike and thanks for posting.

Good exposures and tones on both. I prefer the shot of Neil for the more natural expression.

I find the black vignettes on all the images rather obtrusive. I can understand if you're trying to hide something in the background, but also the way it overlaps Neil's arms is a bit heavy. Just my personal opinion.

Good efforts.

Cheers
Paul

[mikeaspinall]

Fair enough Paul. In this case it was literally to get rid of the bums in the background.

[mikeaspinall]

After your comments Paul (much appreciated) have had another go at Wigan Warrior. No vignette just a bit of dodging and
a little cloning. Any better?

[Paul Jones]

Hi Mike

I can see that Neil had someone behind him with a short-sleeved striped shirt on.

I've very quickly added a masked Curves adjustment layer to darken down the background. He now hopefully looks like he was photographed against a black background.

When someone has bare arms in a portrait they can often pull your eye downwards, so I have cropped them down. This should hopefully put more focus on the face and less on the arms.

I hope you don't mind me editing your photo.

[mikeaspinall]

Hi again Paul

I don't mind at all you having adjusted my picture and I bow (most humbly) to your expertise. It's a pity
that I can't claim your version and put it into one of the monthlies but it's against the rules.

One thing. Between us we have converted a grab shot taken by bounced flash into a pretty good portrait
of a man of character written all over his face. LOL.

Cheers Neil.

[Paul Jones]

It's a pity that I can't claim your version and put it into one of the monthlies but it's against the rules.

Just rework your image the way I've shown you and away you go....

[melbarnes]

Excellent sharp photos Mike - particularly the ones of Charlotte - and the pie-eating beast has come out well too...