When doing a profile shot, you either show the eye that is away from you or you don't. There is no in between. The rule of thumb is show the eye so you complete the pose. (So, you can see the complete expression being conveyed). Or, don't show the eye, the tip of the nose should be even with the cheek. With protraiture, it is best not to depend on photoshop.

I had shopped and shopped at the time and did not realize is bought my D90 from a fly-by back about 3 yrs. ago. Found out it is gray market. Never had a real problem with it except for the lense which was talked about her a while back.

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Peacock tail feather.

The only thing I can figure is the embeded profile on the original RAW file is rgb98 and my working profile is esrgb. When I go the dialog box stating this I used the working profile in CS3.

I was trying to use natural light, what do you think. I shot them with my D90 in RAW. I didn't process them, but when I duplicated the image to make a jpeg image to upload it looks like it added a fog to it. The original is crystal clear. I used CS3.

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UM! Cades Cove is in Tenn.

CS3-I'm still learning layers. I'm in the process of merging and extraction from one portrait to a scenic view. But, I can't get the lighting to match up. The portrait was indoor/flash. There is supposed to be a way to to it.

The customer said I could use a single color background if I wanted. I haven't been able to get that right either.

I had a similar problem. I had the camera about 2 months then I started getting the ERR message. After plenty of t and e, I happenen to try the lense. Before I pressed the release button, I had a hold on the lense when I got a berter grip on the camera and the lense moved. Just a click, but it moved. The lense was the one that came with the camera, the 18-105. I recently bought a D3100 for my wife and tried the lense one it. It fit tight. The 15-55 which came with the D3100 fit tight on the D90. Now, I am sure to check the lense on the D90 before I start shooting.

I suppose, I have never tried sepia so it is a learning experience. I know the composition is not the best, but I was wanting to get pics of old buildings to experiment and learn what CS3 can do. Thanks for the imput. I appreciate it very much.

Is this better?

This is my first attempt a converting from color, In Raw, to Sepia in CS3. I could not upload the RAW file so I uploaded the jpeg of the same shot. Also, had to convert the RAW fro psd to jpeg.

Looks like a close up of the outside of a glass bowl from the bottom

OK-Number one it is a little crooked. Also, you do not have a definite subject. Everything is in focus with the tree and the front of the building are about equal in space. The bushes are a distraction. You said you waited days for the tree to show color, then make the tree the subject.

In the first pose be careful with the flash, (I'm assuming you used a flash due to the outline behind the head). Maybe you should use a diffuser on the flash or a reflector. Or if the camera has a flash adjustment, experiment with it. I agree with the comments about isolation and the lines.

Second pose-move away from the bush, looks like it is growning out of his head. Shallow dept of field would help. A little closer to the wind vain and shot from the waist up. Reflector on the shadow side to open up the shadows.

Third pose-agree with previous comments.