For the record....anybody who knows me, knows that I worked my butt off last year, and never took time out to relax...let alone dream.
So my procrastination was not dreaming enough.
Here is the before and after -
Processing involved -
Convert from RAW via Rawshooter.
Clone white spot of Kitas head.
Levels on entire layer.
Selective Colour on entire layer.
Hue & Saturation on entire layer.
Levels on Kitas dress only.
Vignette layer on Soft Light.
Merge Layers on new layer.
Diffuse Glow on Luminosity at 45%.
Gradient Map layer masked out top and bottom on Multiply at 67%.
Gradient Map layer masked out top, bottom and sides on Luminosity.
Gradient Map on entire layer on Lighten.
Burn & Dodge Fill 50% Gray layer.
Colour Fill on entire layer Soft Light at 7%.
Merge Layers on new layer.
Duplicate layer twice.
USM on first duplicate on Multiply with Kita Masked out.
USM on second duplicate on Lighten on Kita and ferns.
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Simply amazing magic. You are a HOT photographer IMO, girl. WOW, this is so good. (and your daughter is such a sweetie. What a man-killer she is gonna be ... with her looks and your coaching ... ROFL.
I really like this cyano kind of look--might have been a little dreamier with the Auto F/X dreamy filter? But I think it's a bit off base for the topic--kind of a stretch?
Incredible shot. Wow colors and clarity and Post processing are incredible. I really hope this ribbons. It is by far the best of the challenge. Nice work.
I/R? The most interesting I/R image I've seen, if it is. I dislike the twee-ness of it, the sentimentality, but i do like the shapes and details of the ferns and leaves.
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