I turned this portrait of two young girls in Havana, Cuba into a painting using the software PhotoArtista-Oil, but I didn't like the color tones I was getting. So, I desaturated the image and left just a hint of color. Desaturation is a unique and compelling look. I tweaked the colors using Photoshop's pulldown menu command Image > adjustments > hue/saturation, and by moving the saturation slider to the left until most of the color is gone is a way to give many pictures a fine art look. As much as I love brilliant color, this technique is at the opposite end of the spectrum, so to speak, and I think it is just as attention-grabbing. I shot this with the new Canon 100-400mm lens, and the settings were 1/250, f/5.6, and 250 ISO.
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Nov 30, 2015, 8:33:58 AM
Jim Zuckerman - Dan, I did not print this -- it looks like it. The canvas texture and the other abstractions all come from the software PhotoArtista-Oil.
Nov 30, 2015, 8:31:18 AM
Jim - Hi Liz, I don't remember seeing your email about this. I alway respond to comments like yours immediately. Please send me your direct email and I will send you the download link that always works. Write me at: photos@jimzuckerman.com and you'll have the link within minutes.
Nov 30, 2015, 2:03:04 AM
Daniel Reynaud - An other painting software ? Really ?? OK, seriously, this portrait is magnetic.The faces are so enhanced by the treatment you applied, for one, and then the expression you captured had me stare in silence for a long time.It pulls all your strings. Don't know if you print for yourself, but have you done it on watercolor paper ? I do sometimes, this portrait would be a perfect candidate.
Nov 30, 2015, 12:04:31 AM
Liz Meyer - Hello Jim-This is not a comment but a problem. A couple of weeks ago I emailed you to say that I'm unable to open the ebook "The 52 Best Photo Locations..." that I ordered from you on 10/31. I haven't received a response. Can you help? Thanks, Liz