I ♥ Faces - FIF #22 - Southern Belle

Original

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Edit One

Framed Edit One

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Edit two

Framed Edit 2

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Edit three

Framed edit 3

This weeks Fix-it was beautiful and really didn't require much I felt. I started out by fixing the exposure (local contrast 50, brightness +7, Shadows +7, exposure +10, Contrast +10), then unsharpmask at about radius 6, strength 6. This was a lot of unsharp but for once I wasn't worried about adding 'grit' to the photo, as I actually felt that would add to it :D I was aiming for an 'old' look! I then rotated to make her skirt 'swish' to the left and cropped to a 5x7 to put her into the rule of thirds :D

Then I just played with the 'effects' and these are combinations of sepia, faded b&w, faded lomo, vignette in them all, cinemascope (edit one) and maybe a twiddle here and there with others, I can't remember!!

I'm pleased. I think I acheived my aim. I can't decided which is my favourite...maybe I'll leave that to you :D

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