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01-23-2005, 05:32 PM
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Allan,
I think Mikes' suggestions are good ones. I love the blue mantle but it does pop a bit too much.
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01-23-2005, 05:53 PM
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Mike and Sharon, thank you for the comments.
You are right, it does look weird. The colors are off, because I took the photo under a halogen light and used the polarizing filter to (almost) avoid glare. It seems that the filter takes away a part of the light.
I better take another photo of the painting tomorrow and replace this.
The painting is much less brownish. But we will see then.
Sharon,
Egon is the nicest human being that I know and I plan to make a bigger portrait of him.
Allan
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01-23-2005, 06:57 PM
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I have adjusted the color balance in photo shop so now it looks more like it should.
But I will take another shut outside tomorrow to see the difference.
Allan
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01-23-2005, 07:10 PM
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Very nice Allan. I love your painterly technique. Your painting has a nice uniform glow and composition. You certainly were able to read into and restore the missing information in the photo. Did you modify the blue shelf from it's actual color?
Garth
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01-23-2005, 07:39 PM
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Allen, I'm very impressed and I think you captured the kindness that seems to comethrough from Egon's expression.
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01-23-2005, 07:55 PM
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Garth, thanks.
The photo was taken on a rainy day with low light, but the Nikon d70 did the job and I liked the photo for a sketch. The light was very low so the highlights were overexposed though.
So I made it all up from imagination.
I just recently got the photo shop and am still learning, but I managed to manipulate the middel tones from Blue toward Yellow. And I also lightened the image.
The painting is actually a bit more yellow than the reference, but not much.
Allan
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01-23-2005, 07:58 PM
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Allan, this is wonderful! I agree with all of the above, but if you did nothing more I would still love it.
Jean
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01-23-2005, 08:18 PM
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Allan, I loved it. The painting has a classic painterly feel to it. Like I feel like I have seen it in a famous museum somewhere. Good stuff.
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01-23-2005, 11:13 PM
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Very nice Allan. I like the subject.
Jerome
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01-24-2005, 09:52 PM
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It's just wonderful! The technique is superb, and the face just bursts with character. It doesn't feel "posed " at all, which is always my favorite kind of portrait.
John C.
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