created Gauguin-style painting, personalized w/my own lady - Other Crafts

LL Limbo Lizard Tiki Socialite Aboard the 'Leaky Tiki', Dallas Joined: Aug 24, 2006 Posts: 788	LL Limbo Lizard Posted posted on Tue, Nov 14, 2006 8:12 PM Thanks, Sneakytiki, for the compliment and critique. You're probably right about the light direction, now that I scrutinize it more. I remember puzzling over it, and finally just deciding the tree would cause a shadow, since I had her closer to it and a little more forward than the original woman. I worked for a while on a third picture, based on 'Two Tahitian Women', but I'm not satisfied with it - I think lighting is the main trouble, there, too. I need to start again with a new picture, and pay more attention to the lighting. I started all this as a lark, just playing around with a few quickly posed shots - I only took a few because she was impatient to get dressed for work. When it started to look like I had something, I became rather absorbed, learning more about Photoshop as I went along. Now that I have a little more knowledge and experience, I may start over with new, better posed photos. She'll put more effort into getting the shot right, too, now that she likes the results. But first, I've started a tiki carving that I want to finish before I go back and redo any of these. [ Edited by: Limbo Lizard 2006-11-14 20:13 ]

Thanks, Sneakytiki, for the compliment and critique. You're probably right about the light direction, now that I scrutinize it more. I remember puzzling over it, and finally just deciding the tree would cause a shadow, since I had her closer to it and a little more forward than the original woman.
I worked for a while on a third picture, based on 'Two Tahitian Women', but I'm not satisfied with it - I think lighting is the main trouble, there, too. I need to start again with a new picture, and pay more attention to the lighting.
I started all this as a lark, just playing around with a few quickly posed shots - I only took a few because she was impatient to get dressed for work. When it started to look like I had something, I became rather absorbed, learning more about Photoshop as I went along. Now that I have a little more knowledge and experience, I may start over with new, better posed photos. She'll put more effort into getting the shot right, too, now that she likes the results. But first, I've started a tiki carving that I want to finish before I go back and redo any of these.

[ Edited by: Limbo Lizard 2006-11-14 20:13 ]

Post #266795 by Limbo Lizard on Tue, Nov 14, 2006 8:12 PM