Forums > Digital Art and Retouching > DAR Critiques > Left Shot Rocks, Right Shot Sucks, But Why???

Photographer

Shon D.- Beauté

Posts: 72

Virginia Beach, Virginia, US

https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/GiftFromVirgo/RETOUCHCOLLAGE1.jpg

It's not so much that the right soht SUCKS ( I love it.) But after editing, there's just something about ths tones or something that I can't really grasp that I love about the shot on the left and it's missing from the rightside shot. Am I crazy? Do y'all see it? What can I do to improve? (Feel free to tell me what you think about either shot, as I'm sure BOTH could be better...) FTR, I'm not finished editing either shot.

Jun 14 10 07:03 am Link

Photographer

Ross Clark

Posts: 164

Mansfield, Ohio, US

The blue cast in the highlights on the chest (right pic) are very off-putting...........

Jun 14 10 07:07 am Link

Photographer

Shon D.- Beauté

Posts: 72

Virginia Beach, Virginia, US

Ross Clark wrote:
The blue cast in the highlights on the chest (right pic) are very off-putting...........

That's so weird. I see them sometimes, but not all the time. Like in photoshop, it looks pretty normal to me. But in other applications I kiiiinda see it. WTF?!

But even still, there's something about the face that I can't seem to get right in the second shot.

Jun 14 10 07:22 am Link

Retoucher

KKP Retouching

Posts: 1489

Anaheim, California, US

It's all about the color pallette.  The left photo has warm tones with yellows, reds, etc... but then the right photo throws in a bright/heavy red/purple lip and blue/green fabric.  It clashes, while the left photo is a cohesive image.

Jun 14 10 11:54 am Link

Photographer

S Lawrence Photo 2

Posts: 783

York, South Carolina, US

You didn't use Portrait Professional to edit this shot did you? It has been known to create a bluish tone to the skin area for reasons unknown....

Jun 14 10 11:56 am Link

Retoucher

Natalia_Taffarel

Posts: 7665

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

I saw a couple of things, starting from the crop.

is this better? (this was done in a few minutes and I saved the psd just incase)

https://www.nataliataffarel.com/adj.jpg

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Jun 14 10 02:45 pm Link

Retoucher

R E T O U C H - MM

Posts: 388

London, England, United Kingdom

deffinately the crop like natalia shows

and in my opinion the one on the left is more "stand out" because of the colour of the scalf, the yellow/red/black contrasts nice, the other scalf colours look a little more clashy/blendy/not as poppy.. if that makes sense LOL
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Jun 14 10 03:29 pm Link