Mona Lisa Peeks into the Future

Posted by Ken McCoy (Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States) on 18 August 2008 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

As she goes through typical poses in the "model book," Vanessa's Mona Lisa demonstrates those rejected by DaVinci before he settled on his final choice.

I couldn't resist playing with image masking.

Thanks, Vanessa.

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Comments (11)

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

a MOST IMAGINATIVE CREATION, her face helped enormously in this, COOL-IDEA

18 Aug 2008 5:39am

@Dimitrios: This was all her idea - I just pushed the button - and applied post-processing :) Thanks too for the constant attention, Dimitrios! :)

Zygene from morlaix, France

Une ravissante Mona Lisa.

18 Aug 2008 5:42am

@Zygene: Merci pour toutes les visites et les commentaires, Zygene!

Mithun from palakkad, kerela/Bangalore, India

Perfect lighting for portraits like this, I am very poor with portraits, I never get this feel when I try portraits

18 Aug 2008 6:20am

@Mithun: It's probably more processing than picture, but I basically used 2 light sources: one umbrella flash to the left and a flash card-bounce off the ceiling to the right. Then I applied a LOT of texture, color, and shading in Photoshop...

Stefan from Thiersee, Austria

Moa Lisa, great!

18 Aug 2008 8:25am

@Stefan: Thanks, Stefan!

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Very nice work...appropriately titled.

18 Aug 2008 9:08am

@Ana Lúcia: Obrigado, Ana Lúcia

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

So frame in hand, is she anticipating hanging around in some fancy French museum later on?

18 Aug 2008 11:27am

@Viewfinder: Absolutely! :) Thanks for all the comments - hugs for Bella!

willow from Chelsea, United States

Perfect title! Nice work.

18 Aug 2008 3:36pm

@willow: Thanks, Willow! I appreciate the comment!

Vincent Bertrand from Montréal, Canada

Très bien! Nice framing of her framing, if I may say :)

18 Aug 2008 3:58pm

@Vincent Bertrand: Hey, a double-entendre :) Thanks, Vincent!

Tamara from Fort Myers, FL, United States

wow, she really does look like her! Great shoot. :)

18 Aug 2008 8:36pm

@Tamara: Thanks for the visit and comment, Tamara!

Magda from Vancouver, Canada

nicely done! love the lighting

19 Aug 2008 4:33am

@Magda: Thanks, Magda! I appreciate your visit and comment!

kylie from Shanghai, China

This is amazing! I like this a lot, very clever idea!

25 Aug 2008 11:34am

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