Lightworks

[leek]

Some styling of an old shot of Kim.

[sirhc55]

First up John, I like the background treatment.

The model - hmmmm! The problem with using gold is the differential in the quality of reflective light. From the waist up the effect is good. From the waist down, and due to lighting, we see a degradation in the gold reflectivity, going from gold to what appears to be dark brown.

The right leg is in a very awkward position and the last time I saw that kind of pose it was the result of a truck hitting someone. I also find the lighting differential on the right and left arms distracting coupled with a lack of detail in the hair falling over the right arm. Maybe the hair should have fallen behind the arm.

[surenj]

John, nice extraction! What color was the original background?

I am keen to see other colors for the swirl. Did you try white (same as her pants) or subtle gold?

[leek]

Some good points on the lighting Chris... We've already decided to have another go at that for those reasons...

No extraction used surenj... it was shot on a black background, but not that black... I may try other colours - thanks for the suggestion...