Forgotten Roman Goddess #2

This is a slightly softer, Fresson version of an earlier post, using a film effects preset I developed for Nik Color Efex Pro based on Fujichrome 1600 film.  I'm considering new interpretations of my antiquity shots using this process.  As an experiment, I tried to use Lightroom 3 Beta to generate the grain and film characteristic curve to imitate the Fresson look, but the control just isn't there yet.

Technical: Nikon D700, Nikkor 50mm f1.4G, ISO 800, tungsten WB, f/2.0 @ 1/250s, handheld.  RAW file processed in Lightroom 2.6, Nik Dfine and Nik Silver Efex Pro.

Forgotten Roman Goddess #1

Sitting in a quiet corner of a museum, a clearly once proud goddess's timeless marble beauty has seen some rough centuries as her divinity faded and was eventually forgotten.  I played some impressionist camera tricks here, like tilting the camera to suggest a bowed head and adjusting contrast to emphasize texture and make the watchful eye go dark.
Technical: Nikon D700, AF-S Nikkor 50mm f1.4, ISO 800, f/2.0 @ 1/40s, handheld.  RAW file processed in Lightroom 2.5 to adjust color, contrast, crop and apply a preset that I think makes old marble glow when printed on Epson Exhibition Rag paper.

Goddess #2 - St. Louis Art Museum

Detail of an Art Nouveau goddess new to the St. Louis Art Museum.  Nikon D700, ISO 1000, Nikon 24-85mm f2.8-f4.0 AF-D, 85mm, f/4.0@1/45s.  RAW file processed in Lightroom 2 includes crop and custom sepia conversion.