MLM - Retouched an old photo...

[Yatlapball]

Retouched a photo I took when I was just starting out. Junked it originally because I was still shooting JPG and foolishly left it on AWB, had some strange colour casts.

Now with a little more knowledge of Adobe® Photoshop® software bsmilie: :bsmilie: :bsmilie, I thought that it was worth saving after conversion to mono.

Seeking C&C on the mono techniques again.

 

[catchlights]

it is more like a air brush painting than photo.

anyway,
hand railing touching the head looks strange.
square crop will work better

 

[Yatlapball]

:bsmilie: Come to think of it yeah. Could this be due to excessive use of dodge/burn? I thought it looked quite alright in the full-sized original. Maybe the grain isn't obvious after I resized for web.

Hmmm. Square crop. Alright. Would try to explore that avenue... though that would mean I first have to learn how to "see" in square.