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[quote=DianeS] Hi,
I'm curious how you would edit this! This is a photo from my first wedding shoot, and I'm trying to better my editing skills.
I feel that what you have posted it fine other than the obviously stated bright spot in the dress. Is this the original? or a post production? If its post then I would work on the dress a little to get more detail in the dress. Then I would 'lasso' out her face and work on the exposure with it as well. Truly a wounderful print.
ETA that I changed the image to show the dress more.
What a difference!! Not sure I like the loss of grass / background color, but that probably could be added back in a bit - but what a difference you've made in her face and dress. Guess I've got a lot to learn about editing...
-Ran through ACR (Exposure,Recovery,contrast)
-Levels
-Slight S-Curve
-Curves level masked only for her upper body
-Boosted contrast slightly
-Desaturated the green
-Burned the bottom of the dress
-USM (this did not work too well working from a low-res jpg, but I still like it better than without)
-Crop
Message edited by Manic - please keep images under 500px and 30kb, or post links or thumbs instead.
Tighter Crop
Adjust > Clarity (5)
Very Light Lucis Art Layer
Very Light(8)Perfectum (smoothing) adjustment
White Vignette Layer
Eraser the Young Lady through Vignette
Merge all done
Clarify (5)
Very Light USM
