On Turning Pink

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

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From a 540x670 crop... Many Lab curves layers to neutralize bg color & selective contrasting, Many Topaz Adjust layers for tone, detailing, Topaz Simplify for general softening & tone, cloning here & there, uprezed 150%, sharpening & detailing.

Thanks for looking...

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Steve Adkins]

Beautifully done, Michael. The tones and pink are splendid! Nice detail on bird.

[Paul Lagasi]

Michael, a fitting theme, piece of artwork, lovely details and subtle colors..only thing I might do is blend in, the two dark marks above the birds back on right.....thanks for sharing

[Cheryl Slechta]

Nicely done, Michael:S3:

[denise ippolito]

Michael, I like the pose and soft effect. I wonder if a hint more sharpening to the eye area would work. I might tone down the neck just a touch. Cute little one for sure.:S3:

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Michael.

Like the pose on this. Looks like a studio shot! :w3 :c3:

[Indranil Sircar]

Micheal, this is a wonderful composition! I love the pose, the white on white and the pink... perfect for the theme.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Steve, Paul, Cheryl, Denise, Mark, Indranil,

Thank you so much for your comments. The OP was processed without much thought as to size, but it's grown on me so I started over with a more printable size in mind. For this version I used DAP (Portraitist) to help with the uprez... DAP can repaint the image at a higher resolution so the more processed parts, the painted parts, end up at a higher resolution even if you start with a thumbnail. Futzed a fair amount with the detail/noise balance with all manner of resizing, sharpening, blending, etc.

And, of course, I took account of your suggestions. Ended with a printable 2393x2994 image:

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Thanks again...

Cheers,

-Michael-

[denise ippolito]

Looks good Michael!