Wow! Day 300!  Just 66 days to go.

About today’s shot. Maralee finally convinced me to try out the NIK software (Color Efex Pro 4) and this is my first experiment with it.  I wanted a shot with window light, so I set up a stool by the front door and started shooting.  This was shot with my 85mm at 200 ISO,  f/3.5, 1/500.  Took it into NIK and utilized the Dynamic Skin Softener filter.  The difference between the before and after shots is subtle, but I like how it gently smoothed my skin tone without making me look fake.

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After NIK.

Original shot before NIK