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Julie doing Vermeer in Gruyere

by Tim Dempsey on June 27, 2009

Julie doing Vermeer in Gruyere, originally uploaded by TimDD.

I know we go for the natural side light and the unnatural twisted neck typical of Vermeer ALL THE TIME, but I never tire of it. My Julie once again, this time amongst the painted wood panels of Gruyere castle on a cloudy, natural soft-box afternoon.

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Giger Museum Cafe, Gruyere, Switzerland

by Tim Dempsey on June 26, 2009

Gruyere, Switzerland, is a picturesque 16th century village-cum-castle in the “pre-alpine” hills above Lac Leman (Lake Geneva).

As other photos will follow, of that quaint village and castle, please do not conclusion-leap over this strange one from the HRGiger Museum Cafe.

Techniques used: TopazAdjust3 on a copy layer — punched the detail and color a bit.  Masked Julie’s hand to reduce some of the excessive saturation in the skin tones.  Top layer: created an ellipse, quick-masked it, gaussian-blurred the edge, filled with black and reduced opacity to 40% ( standard vignette technique) to draw attention to the center of the image.  Overlay mode on the vignette layer to scorch up some of the shadow edges.

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