Red Head

Uploaded: August 21, 2009

Description


Men Often Say, " I love Red Heads"...
WELL I HAVE MY VERSION OF THIS TOO! HA!


"The Jazz Man"

Another One I liked
That Needed Minor Work
With A Better PS Someday.
SOMEDAY HAS COME NOW.
(HA!)
I have My Adobe PSE7
And The Healing Tool Was
JUST WHAT THIS ONE NEEDED.
Now It Is Finished.

TV 1/30, AV 2.8 Macro Hand Held
*HEAVY DDR ORIGINALLY*.

Desaturated To B&W, Curved to Stark Contrast B&W, Filled white in with Red, Recurved to bring Black to the BG.
Healing tool used for stray Red Dots.

Re-enter Oct 2011 #920

Exif: F Number: 2.8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/30 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 4.60 mm, Model: Canon PowerShot SD800 IS

Comments

Barbara Waldoch August 21, 2009

Or Red Face? LOL
Cool work, Laura! #1170685

Kerry Hill August 21, 2009

Coooool colour and work, Laura!! #7873922

Maria Warren level-classic August 21, 2009

very cool photo nice work sis. (((hugs)))

so how was your day??♥♥♥ #7873925

Paul E. Earl August 21, 2009

Oooh! Lovely work, Swanee! #7873930

Troy Gallagher August 21, 2009

Great work Laura, very red indeed.

Troy #7873951

Lynne Morris August 21, 2009

Fabulous ps work Laura! #7873992

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer August 21, 2009

A wonderful example of your artistic skills, SSSLaura!! GREAT work. And a very unique portrait. The jazz singer again, right? #7873998

Tammy M. Anderson level-deluxe August 21, 2009

Fantastic DD work, Laura. Cool capture. #7874137

Stephen Zacker August 21, 2009

Very unique portrait #7874531

Laura E. Swan level-classic August 21, 2009

Hi Barbara, Kerry, Little Sis Maria, Earl-y, Troy, Lynne, SSSKiki, Tammy and S.Z.!

I will be to your galleries soon to see what is new! Thanks for stopping in to appreciate this one. :)

SSSKiki, thanks for the better title!!! "RED HEAD" was true but yours has STYLE!

My model here has always wanted to be a SAX player so the new title suits him great!

Thank you all! -Laura :) #7875027

Yulianto Soeroso August 21, 2009

wow like photo when I play in the dark roon #7875899

Teresa Burnett level-classic August 21, 2009

Super work on this portrait, Lala!! Awesome!!
#7876418

Tammy Espino August 22, 2009

Cool beans here! :) Like what you did ~ #7878578

Laura E. Swan level-classic August 22, 2009

Hi you three!

I hear JAZZ players like DARK ROOMS TOO Yulianto! Doo-whap-dee-do!

I'm so glad you guys like this re-work. It truly is a fav of mine. Now that I have more than one PS, I can do a lot more to fix the little boo boos! So glad for this!

Thank you so much for the visit! -Lala

Have a great night! -Lala #7878658

ROLAN NARMAN August 22, 2009

Jazz is my music Lulu! You did a great job on PS sis! Fantastic image! #7879165

Laura E. Swan level-classic August 23, 2009

Jazz is my music too, brother Rolan, and I love to sing R&B.

Thanks for enjoying this one with me! :)

- Lulu #7879254

Ann Coates level-classic August 23, 2009

I see you have been working your magic again Laura. Wonderful treatment here and I really like your new mini pic. #7879360

Laura E. Swan level-classic August 23, 2009

Hi Ann. Thanks so much sweet lady! This is an older image that needed some fixing up. It felt really good to get it entered. I have missed DDR.

I needed to change my mini pic...It felt good to do THAT, too!!

I ALSO G RID OF HALF OF MY GALLERY! From 16 pages to 6 1/2 ... Changed my BIO!!! I have been busy today!

Thanks for all! -Laura #7879372

Laura E. Swan level-classic August 23, 2009

(Not to mention I spent a good part of the day in the garage helping to build cabinets! I am TOAST right now!) #7879375

Julianne Bradford August 23, 2009

Fabulous!!! LOVE IT!!! #7880978

Laura E. Swan level-classic August 23, 2009

Thanks Julianne! :) !!! #7881168

Chris Ebben August 24, 2009

You are sure getting a lot of use out of your Adobe PSE7. Great work=^..^=
#7884691

Laura E. Swan level-classic August 24, 2009

Hi Chris!!! :0)

Well, I originally created this in my older ZoomBrowser EX photo program but the image needed a lot of tweaking and I didn't have the right software for that. So my new PSE7 has been invaluable to me already for these old favorite portraits of mine! :)

Thanks lots for stopping in! -Laura #7885016

Wm Nosal September 23, 2010

Cool Image, Laura! #8925431

Laura E. Swan level-classic September 23, 2010

Thanks Wm! :) #8925638

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna September 23, 2010

Awesome DDR work, Lady Laura! :-) k #8926131

Laura E. Swan level-classic September 23, 2010

Why THANK YOU Miss Kitty! :))) #8926134

John Connolly October 13, 2011

You have been a very busy girl, Sister Laura! I love what you have done here, you are really getting into the swing of Halloween!
I will catch up with your gallery when my computer comes back to normal speed again, server troubles I think! #9733080

Laura E. Swan level-classic October 13, 2011

Hi Brother John.
Very Sorry to hear you are having troubles. Glad you like this one!!!

Hope to see you back soon.

-Swanee Laura :D #9733120

Stefania Barbier level-classic October 14, 2011

creepy... :0) great work! #9734645

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer October 14, 2011

Doesn't this handsome Jazz man look a lot like a viking?? :)) #9734686

Laura E. Swan level-classic October 14, 2011

Lol...Stef!!! HA! How NICE TO SEE YOU having the courage to enter my gallery in OCTOBER of -ANY- YEAR! HA! Come back ANY TIME my deary!

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SISTER!!!! HOW ARE YOU? You survived the week! I also see a mail from you that I will go to next! :))) Yes. Dale really likes this one, too. The Viking that he is! His hair used to be very blond and his beard very red! With mixed colors of brown, dark brown and white. VERY Viking. :)))

Thanks dear one(s).
-SSSLala :)

#9734792

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer October 14, 2011

:) #9734799

Laura E. Swan level-classic October 14, 2011

:) #9734808

Tammy Espino October 14, 2011

You crack me up!! I have missed a lot while on vacation!!! :) Fun shots, great shots, clever shots, cool shots!!! #9735674

Julianne Bradford October 15, 2011

So cool Laura! #9736853

Nancy L. Green level-classic October 15, 2011

PERFECT title for this wonderful abstract, VERY well done dear friend!! <>< #9737279

Laura E. Swan level-classic October 15, 2011

You crack me up too TamTam! :) I always love to see you visiting. :)))

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Julianne! I have missed you! Thanks lady!!!

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Hi Nancy! So good to see you!!!! Thank you so much! #9737461

Mary K. Robison October 16, 2011

It's wonderful to have you re-posting images, Pom, because then those of us who missed them first time around can enjoy your creative work from years (!!!) before.
This guy is TOTALLY hot, by the way! Great cheekbones and smile...I think I better turn the fan on for awhile.... (Unintentional rhyme there.) #9737916

Laura E. Swan level-classic October 16, 2011

Hi Mare!!! :D

You know, some of my older stuff is my favorite stuff so this month I'm having a little marathon. It's sometimes a lot of pressure to come out with a masterpiece a day! Lol...I can't seem to do that like others on BP can. So for now, I'd like to give some of my favorite work another chance to be noticed by the judges.

I love this one. I'm really honored that you like it, too. It was mainly all done in "Curves", "Desaturate" and "RGB" (red-green-blue) adjustments! Without out my model this wouldn't have been so cool. He DOES have an interesting face. Wait until I tell him you said so! :) !!!

-Pommie

P.S. The hat was the finishing touch for me. :) #9737960

Heather Loewenhardt level-classic October 16, 2011

Wow Laura you have been very busy in your recreation studio. Must get one of those. Where do you buy it lol? Your creativity is an inspiration to all of us. Love what you did to this one and including the info is a bonus. You rock girl! #9738581

Laura E. Swan level-classic October 16, 2011

Thank you Heather! Big smile here! You rock, too, you pretty red headed Canadian Neighbor of mine! :)

-Laura :D #9738750


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