Trying again...

[jamesmck]

I would say it deserves wall space........

Agreed. Do you find the shiny stripe on the nose distracting?

[GrahamS]

Not really, James but once I start adjusting detail like that I may as well run the image through Portrait Pro and I'm not going there....

[scott]

The shine doesn't bother me, either. I can adjust the curves on the scan to even it out, but the detail washes out, too. I like the contrast.

Graham, I'd never heard of Portrait Pro. Just looked it up. Egad...

[GrahamS]

Graham, I'd never heard of Portrait Pro. Just looked it up. Egad...

Beware!!! If not used with care, it can make your images look like waxworks.

[scott]

I ran the image through noise ninja earlier. Quick and dirty, it made a difference. I'll try to optimize it when I get home...

[Philip]

Ahh, a bee from my bonnet: a year or two ago I bought a copy of PortraitPro as it was on at a special price. I tried it a few times but was horrified at even its most subtle results. I can see now how those death-mask-like portraits of movie stars (on tabloid cover pages, etc) get made. It was monstrous.

I take pictures of real human beings and, although I use lots of editing, I cannot imagine turning any of the people I know and photograph into -- as Graham says -- the waxworks that I got from PortraitPro.

[I will now resume normal discussion.]

Philip

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EDIT a few minutes later:

I thought I might be too hot-headed about PortraitPro, so I just tried it again, but I don't want to highjack this thread. So I'll start another one with my calmer response. . .