Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/02

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Subject: [Leica] PAW - heninger - Portrait
From: amr3 at alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Fri Mar 2 13:28:57 2007

>On 3/2/07, Wade Heninger <heninger@adobe.com> wrote:

>> http://heninger.org/paw
>>
>> I like the lighting effect overall, but have some questions about the
>> catchlight in the eyes - the two white dots in the left eye bug me.
>>
>> What do people do with this?  Is this a faux-pas of the uninitiated, or is
>> it normal.  What would you do different?
................................................................................

I spot out or retouch any extra catchlights in the eyes on portraits.  I
can't stand seeing more than one, and am put off by fashion or glamour
pictures that show myriad reflectors in the iris.  Ugh!

Alan

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