Making a Picture Shine

in #photography8 years ago (edited)

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Hey!

I took this picture some time ago. Thought I'd show how it looked before editing and after.

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The first picture shows as it was straight from the camera. Unedited RAW. Everything is set to neutral.
ISO100 f4.0 1/15s 32.5mm(crop sensor)

Doesn't look like much, but the information is all there to make it more like it was in real life . But I went a bit further than that. I tried to bring out the most from this picture without making it "unreal" yet better than the real thing.
The next picture is after Lightroom adjustments.

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I was quite pleased with the results, but something was still missing. It felt a bit cold and the shadows were too bright, so I fixed that in Photoshop as good as I could.

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Here's a GIF showing all the differences:

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Hope you like them! Critique is welcome!
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Beautiful work as always, @sulev!

Pleasing to the eye! Thank you! : )))

Thanks!

Fantastic

appreciated! :)

Wow.. to me, the LR already did some good thing but your Photoshop work is magical again.

Thanks as always :D

You're welcome

Excellent work! followed
Which camera and lens did you use?

Nothing special.
K-30 with kit lens (18-55 DAL)

ahaa, nice

woow,such a fabulous work! Followed and upvoted! :)

Hey! Thanks! :)