Opal..
I don’t spend much time at home but when I do, I get bored very quickly and this is what I come up with! I’ve always had a fascination with eyes, both in drawing, painting and photography so have decided to explore this further and of course my kids once again were my faithful models! I started my my middle son who has a perfect mix of my (blue) & my hubby’s (brown) eyes. My oldest son says they look like opals so hence the name. I will also upload my other children’s eyes as they all look like jewels to me. Apart from the selective colouring, I have only added some extra saturation and enhanced the contrast.. No actual colour changes were made. I don’t know if I’ll keep them up but will definitely get them in a card at least! Enjoy.
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Michael Rowley...
oh beautifully done basia,great image !
HeidiD
Gorgeous Basia!
anaphotography
Great Image!!!....love the treatment…
SusanC
really nice…great title :)
Tracey Bransfield
Jewels indeed!
Sharon Hammond
Beautiful work Basia
elliewinds
amazing. i love it.
Birgitta
Awesome reflections you caught there!
My goodness his eye(s) are striking…you did great with the
editing too. :)
Paul (Quixote)...
Lovely imagery.
augz
Awesome Basia
Brad Sumner GLP
Nice work, Basia! Love this shot!
Basia McAuley
Thank you so much everyone!
dazgwen
Wow amazing colours just gorgeous!!!!
Jodie Carruthers
Unreal colours. Amazing work!
Basia McAuley
Thanks so much Darren & Jodie!
Holly Werner
Stunning colors. Great work.
Bekster
I’m mesmerized! My kids are on my hit list once again!!! LOL
Steven Agius
Awesome work Basia !
Basia McAuley
Thank you once again Holly, Bekster & Steven :o)
Antoine Dagobert
Another excellent eye shot Basia! My compliment!
Basia McAuley
Thank you Antoine!
Andy73
Loving all 3 images in this series. The colours are amazing, I never thought about it like that, but they do look like jewels. This one would have to be my fav, the contrast between the blue and brown is stunning. Beautiful work!
lex7
Gorgeous deep blue detail… great job with the tones and composition.. all in all the image is quite beautiful.
Basia McAuley
Thanks Andrea!
Basia McAuley
Thank you Alexia!
gordontant
beautiful – you are very good at this type of image
Irene Burdell
Very nicely done.
Basia McAuley
Thanks Gordon & Irene!
Jocelyn Hyers
stunning … love the colours … great capture … I like this series …
Basia McAuley
Thank you Jocelyn
Wendy Slee
what a landscape within!
Sorina Williams
very beautiful – this is my favourite eye.
Basia McAuley
Thanks Wendy & Sorina!
Stacy Cole
Great shot,love the way you done it
SylviaHardy
Very pretty work Basia!
Basia McAuley
Thank you so much Stacy & Sylvia!
Tracy King
Lovely.
Michele Duncan...
Excellent capture and edit. Great idea getting your children to do this!
Basia McAuley
Thank you Tracy and Michele!
emapearl
this is soo gorgeous! i love it! LOVELY colours
Basia McAuley
Thank you so much Emapearl!
Phil Thomson IPA
Love it, Basia !!! If this what you do when you’re bored, Heaven help us when you get ‘Creative’ !!!!
Holly Kempe
Wonderful colours and luv the shadowing…..very creative Basia!
Basia McAuley
Thanks so much Phil & Holly!!!
Lucy Hollis
‘Eye’ catching for sure! Kind of strange though ;)
Heloisa Castro
Fantastic!!!
Heloisa Castro
Fantastic!!!
FrozenMoments
This is brillaint! Gorgeous colours, and so vibrant! It looks natural in a weird way (Lol)
Your portfolio is gorgeous, simply breathtaking!
Basia McAuley replied
Thank you very much once again!! I didn’t actually change his natural eye colour, just bought out the colours that were there and added more contrast,, and of course de-coloured the surrounding area.
redrosedigital
Excellent use of selective desaturation and your son’s eyes are decidedly different!
Ashley Crookes
Excellent! Looking forward to checking out some more of your work.
Siddhesh Rishi
How did you get the reflections to shine like that? Just simply amazing!!
Love this photo.
Basia McAuley replied
Thank you! The reflections were just from the window, I didn’t do anything to them, I only increased the saturation on the iris and de-saturated the rest,, the rest is nature!
Siddhesh Rishi
Incredible then!! i love it :)