Trying to be like Yuri . . .

[wholenewlight]

My grandaughter.

She's 2 and likes cows, horses, and cornfields - yes, she points out the "corn" as we drive in the car - and she knows the difference between growing corn and other crops! Not sure of the reason for her interest . . .

I asked her if she wanted to go for a walk in the corn (with D70 in hand).

Here is one of my shots:
http://cs-pics.smugmug.com/photos/38554445-L.jpg

Comments appreciated!

[DavidTO]

Lovely shot.

1) for this b/w conversion, I'd love to see more contrast throughout the image.

2) I'd also love to see the color. I wonder what is lost when you lose the color...

3) For an alternative b/w conversion, try this one from Greg Gorman's site. Click Navigate>Learn>B&W Conversion tutorial. It usually has fantastic results.

https://www.gormanphotography.com/gorman.html

[Higgmeister]

Hi John,
What a cutie, and I love her expression. When I first laid eyes on this shot, I thought turn-of-the-century photo. The only thing that's missing is some aging process done to make it look old.

Thanks for the smile,
Chris

[Owen]

I played around with your beautiful photo! It has a very haunting aura surrounding it. I really like it. Her eyes are very catching. To achieve this effect I darkened the image and adjusted the contrast and then did Matty's technique for duotoning. Color Balance > Shadows > +15 0 -15

I also added some grain.

Beautiful!

http://images15.fotki.com/v231/photos/5/577220/2297568/girl-vi.jpg

[wholenewlight]

Lovely shot.

1) for this b/w conversion, I'd love to see more contrast throughout the image.

2) I'd also love to see the color. I wonder what is lost when you lose the color...

3) For an alternative b/w conversion, try this one from Greg Gorman's site. Click Navigate>Learn>B&W Conversion tutorial. It usually has fantastic results.

https://www.gormanphotography.com/gorman.html
Thanks for the thoughts and Gorman link - I used a similar b/w conversion - similar with the Lab portion but did not use the duotone componant of the tutorial.

I purposely kept the contrast on the lower side. I tried a higher contrast but it started to have a "fashion model" look and I was loosing detail in the bow on her head and her shirt. Anyway I wanted to keep the soft range of tones on her face.

Good thoughts for me. Thanks and I will keep playing with it based on your thoughts.:thumb

I'll also post the color version but I like the B&W. The out of focus leaves right in front of her are a strong green.

[wholenewlight]

I played around with your beautiful photo! It has a very haunting aura surrounding it. I really like it. Her eyes are very catching. To achieve this effect I darkened the image and adjusted the contrast and then did Matty's technique for duotoning. Color Balance > Shadows > +15 0 -15

I also added some grain.

Beautiful!

Thanks, haunting, yes! Children of the Corn :D .

I have used everyone's ideas and here's another pass at the shot. But I do want to keep more of the detail in the clothing and her hair bow. I masked the clothing and increased the contrast and then "toned" the shot a little.


http://cs-pics.smugmug.com/photos/38638945-L.jpg

[wholenewlight]

Lovely shot.

1) for this b/w conversion, I'd love to see more contrast throughout the image.

2) I'd also love to see the color. I wonder what is lost when you lose the color...

3) For an alternative b/w conversion, try this one from Greg Gorman's site. Click Navigate>Learn>B&W Conversion tutorial. It usually has fantastic results.

https://www.gormanphotography.com/gorman.html
Here's the color shot - with the strong green leaf element. I played around with "replace color" but wasn't happy with the results (so far). This is a straight raw to jpg conversion - no adjustments.

http://cs-pics.smugmug.com/photos/38639188-M.jpg