Unfortunately I don't have the fabulous lashes, and my face is more mature than hers haha. I discovered that you can use different brushes with the dodge tool, that's how I got the texture in the background.
This is fantastic! The lighting is perfect and I really like what you did with the dodge tool. Very much like the original and beautiful in its own right.
This is beautifully shot Kali and to add to the selfie is amazing! It has a differnt feel to the Halsman photo, pensive and serene, beautiful. I find selfies quite hard to get right in terms of focus and to self-conscious to have so else do them for me. I would keep the texture on the background only, I feel that it makes your body blend in it and in my opinion you don't need that, but that is just a feel and processing thing whilst the photo is just beautiful!
@frida Thankyou for those insightful comments Frida, I agree I may have got a bit carried away with the texture, I was thinking of redoing it somewhat so thanks for that
@aprilmilani thanks April, @gillg haha, I like that there is a lot of camraderie on this site amongst us mature ladies. @taffy wow taffy, you faves my selfie thats very encouraging! @pam1 fun to play @orangecrush@gozoinklings thanks it was the incredible lighting in the original that made me try this @janets@dmdfday@plumtree500@kutekat@wendels thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou.... :)
So beautiful