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Gayle's Eclectic Photos
{K:91109} 2/4/2006
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Them be some big baby blues!...i especially like the sheen on lips and hair...nice to do something different,huh?...good timing to capture her expression....good work,Susie
regards,gayle
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Gabriel Fuentes
{K:6565} 2/3/2006
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Charming. It brings to mind my tendency to single out features in a face that call my attention to the point of forgetting everything else. You've effectively used color to accentuate luxuriant facial elements that remain indelible first impressions. And the blue eyes together with the pinkish-red variations go well together. Extraordinary talent Susie .... and a pleasure to look at with satisfying delight.
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NN
{K:26787} 2/2/2006
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Hi Susie! A good way to emphasize the innocent blue eyes! I do like the selective colouring you´ve chosen here ~ well done!
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Glenn Edmiston
{K:7366} 2/2/2006
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Hi Susie not hard to fine the center of intrest here .. Well done Glenn
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m ,
{K:15872} 2/1/2006
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A beautiful portrait of a pretty face!
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Czeslav Gavinkovski
{K:6800} 1/31/2006
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Very interesting momment capture of the very nice face.Great portrait,Susie.
Czeslaw.
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Susie OConnor
{K:34798} 1/31/2006
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Thank you Merwyn, I appreciate it.
Susie
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Larissa Nazarova
{K:12118} 1/31/2006
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So beatuful blue eyes! So charming girl.
My regards, Larissa
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Andre Denis
{K:66327} 1/31/2006
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Hi Susie,
I'm glad you are not the type of person that goes flying off the handle at the slightest criticizm :)
This kind of thing is so subjective. You have to remember that I am quite often wrong :) My wife tells me that all the time :)
The bottom line is... if Mom goes nuts over it, that's it! End of Story!
Andre
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Ninni Termine
{K:8990} 1/30/2006
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A splendid expression in a good portrait and the desaturation makes to stand out the eyes in a wonderful way.
Ciao
Ninni
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Susie OConnor
{K:34798} 1/30/2006
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Hi Sheila,
The technique I used on this one is as follows:
~first a made a background copy
~Then I did all the levels and brightening, etc. on the color copy.
~Then I selected just the eyes then inversed the selection (so everything BUT the eyes was selected)
~I made a new layer from this selection.
~With the hue and saturation I took the saturation down to about 25%.
~Then I merged all the top layers together.
~At this point her eyes were so bright and blue that they almost looked spooky.
~So I selected just her eyes and desaturated them to about 50%.
~When I liked it I merged those layers together too.
~You can save it in a couple of versions so you don't damage the original (bottom layer).
I really liked this result. I think this is a fun technique to play around with. Let me know if you have any other questions about it.
Susie
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Susie OConnor
{K:34798} 1/30/2006
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Hi Andre,
First off, I hope you always feel free to give me your honest opinion. I love that. I'd rather have one honest opinion than 30 atta girls.
I appreciate your thoughts on the eyes. You should have seen them before I desaturated them a bit!  ) I desaturated the whole photo except the eyes about 75%. Her eyes are so incredibly blue they didn't look real. So I went back and desaturated her eyes to about 50% and was pleased with that result.
I knew it was on the edge, but I liked it, and her mom went nuts over it,so I went with it.
Anyway, I value your input Simon...er...Andre...so keep em coming! Thanks!
Susie
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Sheila Carson
{K:5924} 1/30/2006
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I love her blue eyes on this Susie! Did you do anything with the eyes after you desaturated the photo or did they just stay bright? I love it! I reminds me of the old hand painted black and white photos. Great job!
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Andre Denis
{K:66327} 1/30/2006
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Hi Susie,
I'm going to have to give my honest oppinion on this one. I've read all the comments so far and I know I,m really going out on a limb here. Everyone has mentioned the beautiful blue eyes being outstanding! But, to me that is the problem. They seem too outstanding! The subtle colour in the shirt and lips is fine, I would have toned the eyes down to a very subtle blue shade. Sometimes less is more. I feel a bit like Simon on American Idol with this comment, but I just had to say it.
Andre
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Danny Brannigan
{K:19523} 1/30/2006
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Wonderful treatment to a wonderful model by a wonderful photographer.A superb mage with good desaturation of colour.
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Merwyn Kanjes
{K:4227} 1/30/2006
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Nice expression... so cute... I like the blue eyes. Good portrait.
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WAEL HAMDAN
{K:7476} 1/30/2006
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beautiful portrait & look
well done
regard
wael
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pan g.
{K:16899} 1/30/2006
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So beautifull expression and i really like the colour you did. Great work, a lovely portrait!
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Sergio Cárdenas
{K:25028} 1/30/2006
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Hi Susie!
Beautiful portrait, the smoothness of the tones and the expreson of the girl, the eyes and look are a good idea in this composition. Great work.
Now, I must be grateful for your kind commentaries in my gallery, I estimate them very much.
Many regards.
Sergio
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Rashed Abdulla
{K:163889} 1/29/2006
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very creative and so plesent this portrait of this lovely young girl all with this prety blue eyes ,great expouser and wonderful details and contrast, all of the best my friend ....
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Kanwarpreet Singh
{K:1868} 1/29/2006
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Your niece's very cute! Great eyes & capture. awesome clarity! Great timing & very quick as well! :) Wonder how you manage to take a picture of someone without disturbing their actual expressions. :)) n Yeps, desaturated tones here make it a classic image.
Best wishes.
kp
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Alberto Romano
{K:2407} 1/29/2006
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Another one great portrait!
The tone of the skin is amazing and the blue eyes are stunning...
My best regards dear Susie
Alberto
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Metin Kayacan
{K:2238} 1/29/2006
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nice portrait Susie! Great capture,best regards.
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Mahamed Ariffin
{K:7114} 1/29/2006
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Playing around with PS,eh? Nice portrait but the background is distracting, don't you all agree?
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stingRay pt.4 .
{K:250410} 1/29/2006
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Wide eyed and beautiful...Lovely job in selective colouring, subdued tones in most of the compo and then WHAM! those eyes.. A wonderful creative portrait Susie my sweet...and yes, close attention is being paid. Well taken sweetie, best wishes to you....Ray
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vanessa shakesheff
{K:68840} 1/29/2006
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Lovely portrait and i love the hint of colour.best wishes nessa
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jacques brisebois
{K:73883} 1/29/2006
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four great pics since my last visit Susie... just don't have enough time again. I particulary like this one, nice candid look, great PS work. REally like it.
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Laura Spell
{K:24080} 1/29/2006
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An adorable child. She had beautiful blue eyes. The expression is one of awe. Good tones in this candid.
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Gorilla K
{K:17526} 1/29/2006
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wow...wath blue eyes...nice and lovely portrait Susie!!!
best regards,
Winfried
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Mohamed Banna
{K:34237} 1/29/2006
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the yellow eye here catch the eyes :)
she looks as she was astonished from Kathy words
great portrait and very nice creative presentation
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Ina Nicolae
{K:44481} 1/29/2006
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Hi Susie, we know she's cute, but now we know she's also a good listener! Great portrait, and lovely blue eyes! I like the way you've desaturated the colors, it looks very natural, the rosy cheeks, dress and pink lips still have a nice deal of warm color, just to make it very balanced. I don't think just the blue eyes would have worked with everything else being grey. Great choice and beautiful work! Best regards, Ina
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Tracey Main
{K:7290} 1/29/2006
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what a cutie and I'd like to know what Kathy was saying as she looks very interested love the eyes, a good capture Susie..
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mundh
{K:3974} 1/29/2006
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wow she does has beautiful eyes n also her hair too. very nice n lovely shot
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H L
{K:11377} 1/29/2006
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What a nice portrait Susie! Great capture, I like her expressive face ...it’s so natural, plus
Your technique does have a mood of isolation form the present.
Cheers,
Harry
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cytte
{K:2089} 1/29/2006
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Nice and lovely portrait Susie.
i like the colors and tones.
Lovely baby too.
regards
cytte
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Kathy Hillard
{K:25721} 1/29/2006
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Well, at least SOMEBODY listens to me! :)
You sure highlighted her beautiful blues in this one, Sissy! Nice desat!
Kath
(I hope she never gets tired of us taking her picture! She really is a great little model, isn't she?)
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Robert Kocs
{K:89085} 1/29/2006
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Very cute, she's very expressive look, great desaturated portrait shot dear Susie! Very well captured moment. Pretty blue eyes, what a well toning photo. Great work dear friend as usual! Well done! :)
My best wishes!
Robert
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John Loreaux
{K:86210} 1/29/2006
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Look at those blue eyes!What a cutie! Love the toning here Susie!
Her expression is priceless!
Very nice!
My best....................John
Ps, Thanks for Your kind comments!
ALWAYS appreciated!...J
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Ann Nida
{K:45248} 1/29/2006
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Oh yes this is one attentive little girl. I love how you left those beautiful eyes blue when the rest almost all looks desaturated...but wait....(there's more)...I do see colour in her clothes and a slight hint of warmth in her lips too so it's an interesting technique you've used with the colour choices here. Some colour and some appearing monotone. A lovely idea that works beautiuflly in this image. Very nice lighting here too. A beautiful portrait Susie.
Cheers - Ann :)
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Kambiz K
{K:37420} 1/29/2006
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very beautiful portrait of that sweet young girl
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