Exercise 21 Enhancement

This time I have to Enhance a parsons face that has been taken in the shade facing the camera.

Fist this  was to adjust the High clipping. this made the face more darker and challenging. I brightened the exposure to bring detail back. this left a soft tone.

Enhanced the face. from lasso. Carful adjustment to not make the hair contrast against its self. 

And then the eyes. 

For some reason , As Cs3 will not open my raw files , I have to go to CS3 ver Aperture 3. Why I will never know. I could not save the file in j peg. however , i managed this by save as through web send. As when saves as Tiff, this would not export to aperture , to convert back to J peg.

Enhancements: Photographic portraiture, may give the subject a more flattering feel of them selves, So to does the viewer feel more embraced , when the eyes peer out from a magazine. Capturing the on looker to read more. 
Over Enhancement may throw the picture to appear synthetic , if over done. Some people like to see them selves as they are. As one portrait,. I had taken years ago. A Lady was most up set, as I took her blemishes out. She stated it was not her. yet here in Asia, its the trend to look perfect. 

Exercise 20 Improvement :

The aim of this exercise is to take a portrait , To make improvements to make the image stand out. face Enhancement

Before adjustments :

After ; I has used the lasso tool to mask the face , lightened slightly and used healing brush for the cheek.

When doing this, i noted that to much, Evidence of a line in stepping of tone or brightness would show. it pays to follow a slight shaded area on the face hair line. Or a graduated mark will appear.