New image in my gallery

[mel]

It's been awhile since I added a new image to my gallery (just been sooooo busy lately) but I finally got around to some quiet PSE time :D

I've been playing with black and white filters and came up with this using virtual photographer.....

.....it's the main image.

Comments welcome :)

[Robyn]

That is gorgeous Mel..........and THOSE EYES!! I assume it is your daughter??

[mel]

Thank you Robyn :)

Yes it is my daughter, her front teeth are out at the moment so now she wants to keep her lips sealed when her photo is taken :D

[Wendy]

Wow Mel ...

Terrific efffect :)

Wendy

[msbrad]

Mel,
That is awesome.
m

[jo]

Lovely, Mel. Your daughter will smile again when those teeth come in. :rolleyes:

[mel]

Thanks Wendy and Msbrad :)

I just love black and white photographs (especially portraits) and have been playing with all different sort of effects......this one came up the nicest though.

[mel]

Thanks Jo...

... her new teeth are already starting to show so hopefully it won't be long before she gives me a great big smile again for the camera :)

[kayser]

Mel- nice effect! Black and white photos of children--ones that are well done--always make such an impression!

[susangreen]

What a great effect. I love the way the eyes just grab your attention.

[Deborah]

Mel,
Excellent Job as always. She justs grabs your attention. I love it!!
I have a granddaughter that is going thru the same thing. even her class picture she has her lip scrunched tightly....

You did a good job

Deborah

[mel]

Black and white photos of children--ones that are well done--always make such an impression!

Black and whites of children are usually my favourite types of photos. Thanks for the compliment Kay :)

[lindajay]

Thanks Wendy and Msbrad :)

I just love black and white photographs (especially portraits) and have been playing with all different sort of effects......this one came up the nicest though.

So, Mel, can you tell us which effect you used in this one? It really is beautiful. (And so is your daughter!).

[mel]

I love the way the eyes just grab your attention.

Thanks Susan :)

That's the effect I was going for, glad it worked. My daughter has light blue eyes that, most of the time, really stand out on a photo.

[mel]

Deborah, thanks for the compliment.

As for the teeth......I think by the time her new ones have grown back there'll be no stopping her :D

[Deborah]

Then look out pappa, your going to have many sleepless nights..

[mel]

So, Mel, can you tell us which effect you used in this one? It really is beautiful. (And so is your daughter!).

Thanks Linda :)

For this effect I used the Virtual Photographer. Under black and white there is an effect called 'reminiscing', that's the one I used. But before I did that I did remove the colour from the photo and used levels to get a nice black and white to start from.

[mel]

Then look out pappa, your going to have many sleepless nights..

At the moment she is still a delightful little eight year old and at the moment I'd like to keep it that way :D ;)

By the way Deborah, I love the main image in your gallery.......it's excellent!! :)

[AngelicKim]

Mel, your daughter is beautiful. I too love the effect. I keep forgetting to ad Virtual Photographer to v5, thanks for the reminder.

[mel]

Thanks Kim :)