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OK, I see what your referring to! Those are whispy hairs!
As I said before, I don't think Chris made any attempt to alter the background. Really no need to as the BG is pretty cool!
Hi Chris -
I love the retouch job you did -- you nicely reduce the imperfections in her skin without making her skin look artificial and blurry.
However, at the risk of moving both the girl and the church several miles away from the village (LOL), I've got to put my entry in the ring with my usual preference for brighter, less edgy, more "made up" looking portraits (at least for girls) with flatter lighting.
I can't tell if the difference between us is due to a slight difference in calibration between Chris' and my monitor, or simply a visual preference, but here's how I think she looks best, at least in my mind's eye, and on my NEC monitor. I'm sure folks with very bright monitors will prefer Chris's darker version .
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Also, let me throw out a question about monitor calibration for everyone: Can all of you see clear distinctions between all the gradations in this test pattern, especially the darkest and lightest pair of patches? If you can't do so (with the pattern centered vertically on your screen and without moving your head around), there's a good chance you have a monitor calibration problem.
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Cheers,
Tom