Red Head
Uploaded: August 21, 2009
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
Barbara Waldoch August 21, 2009
Or Red Face? LOLKerry Hill August 21, 2009
Coooool colour and work, Laura!! #7873922Maria Warren 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! #7873930Troy Gallagher August 21, 2009
Great work Laura, very red indeed.Troy #7873951
Lynne Morris August 21, 2009
Fabulous ps work Laura! #7873992Kirsten 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? #7873998Tammy M. Anderson August 21, 2009
Fantastic DD work, Laura. Cool capture. #7874137Stephen Zacker August 21, 2009
Very unique portrait #7874531Laura E. Swan 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 #7875899Teresa Burnett August 21, 2009
Super work on this portrait, Lala!! Awesome!!Tammy Espino August 22, 2009
Cool beans here! :) Like what you did ~ #7878578Laura E. Swan 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! #7879165Laura E. Swan 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 August 23, 2009
I see you have been working your magic again Laura. Wonderful treatment here and I really like your new mini pic. #7879360Laura E. Swan 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 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!) #7879375Julianne Bradford August 23, 2009
Fabulous!!! LOVE IT!!! #7880978Laura E. Swan August 23, 2009
Thanks Julianne! :) !!! #7881168Chris Ebben August 24, 2009
You are sure getting a lot of use out of your Adobe PSE7. Great work=^..^=Laura E. Swan 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! #8925431Laura E. Swan September 23, 2010
Thanks Wm! :) #8925638Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna September 23, 2010
Awesome DDR work, Lady Laura! :-) k #8926131Laura E. Swan September 23, 2010
Why THANK YOU Miss Kitty! :))) #8926134John 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!Laura E. Swan October 13, 2011
Hi Brother John.Hope to see you back soon.
-Swanee Laura :D #9733120
Stefania Barbier October 14, 2011
creepy... :0) great work! #9734645Kirsten Kiki Kjaer October 14, 2011
Doesn't this handsome Jazz man look a lot like a viking?? :)) #9734686Laura E. Swan 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!*
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 :)
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Kirsten Kiki Kjaer October 14, 2011
:) #9734799Laura E. Swan October 14, 2011
:) #9734808Tammy Espino October 14, 2011
You crack me up!! I have missed a lot while on vacation!!! :) Fun shots, great shots, clever shots, cool shots!!! #9735674Julianne Bradford October 15, 2011
So cool Laura! #9736853Nancy L. Green October 15, 2011
PERFECT title for this wonderful abstract, VERY well done dear friend!! <>< #9737279Laura E. Swan October 15, 2011
You crack me up too TamTam! :) I always love to see you visiting. :)))*
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.Laura E. Swan October 16, 2011
Hi Mare!!! :DYou 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 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! #9738581Laura E. Swan 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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