Miranda

[Tom Hook]

I have been married to this woman for 38 years and she is still as beautiful to me as the day I first met her on a winter day in 1978.

(Picture taken at home on October 31, 2016 as she was about to leave for a meeting in town with our first selectman)

[armando_m]

 Nice light and a very calm expression

A bit front focused

[Frank Fremerey]

Very soft rendering .. a beauty and very sincere person you pictured there!

[Hugh_3170]

Nice image Tom.  As Armando says, a very calm expression;  I wonder what she is looking at and thinking.

P.S. And as a special bonus - she is even named after a camera!  (Nah, just teasing!  )

[Akira]

She looks like a lady of resolution.

[Tom Hook]

Thanks everyone for commenting.

I think you may be right Armando about the front focussing but the unintentional mistake just softens her face which I think is what my wife prefers!

Hugh, Miranda wasn't named after the camera (that's funny btw) but got her name because she was born premature weighing less than two pounds. Her parent chose the name Miranda from the Latin for "wonderful" because she was no larger than a stick of butter (in the words of her father) but still perfectly formed. The name still fits for many other reasons.

[Mike G]

A beautiful portrait Tom!

What is a "Selectman" if you don't mind telling?

[Frank Fremerey]

You might want to duplicate the green channel to a layer and add it using "luminosity"...

[Tom Hook]

Thanks Mike. A selectman is a title used in various small New England townships and when they are a First Selectman, they are essentially mayors It's a term that goes back to the early pre-revolutionary times.

And thank you Frank. I am not technically adept when it comes to post processing but will give it a try. That would be in Photoshop? I should add that Miranda has very pale skin as she shuns the sun so luminosity might not fit the subject. As an aside, I want to learn another program besides Capture NX 2 as I have made the plunge and bought a newer camera than doesn't work with Capture NX2.

[Erik Lund]

A fine and very delicate rendering! Lovely

[Tom Hook]

Thanks Erik, I appreciate it.

[Mike G]

Thanks Tom

[Frank Fremerey]

And thank you Frank. I am not technically adept when it comes to post processing but will give it a try. That would be in Photoshop? I should add that Miranda has very pale skin as she shuns the sun so luminosity might not fit the subject. As an aside, I want to learn another program besides Capture NX 2 as I have made the plunge and bought a newer camera than doesn't work with Capture NX2.

The trick allows to sharpen eyes and hair without sharpening skin. It originates from the book: "Photoshop Professional" by Dan Margulis. I feel it is just the direction that could make the picture even better.

[Ron Scubadiver]

Nice rendering.  I always notice pale skin, probably because I have a year round suntan.  DAR, Daughters of the American Revolution, class.

[Erik Lund]

Thanks for the reference Ron.