This weeks picture is lovely to start with. The focus is not tac sharp and it's a little 'flat', but it really didn't NEED a lot of work ~ that said I like to play!! :)
Original
(PSE7)
Basic Edit in Camera Raw
Temp +7, Exp +0.15, Recovery 15, Black +3, Contrast +17, Clarity +24, Vibrance +13, Saturation +6
Sharpen +21, radius 1.0, detail 34
Noise reduction ~ Luminance +7, Colour +7
I could have just left it there if I wanted, but what fun would that be?!...
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PSE #2
I can't really remember what I did, but I know I used some actions;
Cropped to loose some of her arm on the right.
DP Mom's Perfect Workflow
PW Bring out the Eyes (which I also applied to her teeth at a lower opacity!)
DPM Oh the Drama
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PSE #3
Ummm ~ what did I do..?
Applied a beige 'Soft light' colour layer (reduced opacity)
Applied a purple radial gradient layer @ low opacity in mutiply mode.
applied CoffeeShop vignette
maybe some other stuff too!
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PSE #4
Duplicated the previous edit and converted the copy to BW.
Copied the BW edition and pasted it back in as a layer, set to Soft Light and reduced opacity.
Used CoffeeShop Block it to frame.
Totally happy with this :D!!
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PSE #5
No play is complete with out a B&W!
Using the BW edition I made above I used a guided action ~ Grant's Tools curve (basically it gives you a traditional curve tool to use and applies the adjustments in a layer) ~ set to 'increase contrast'
Reduced the opacity of the contrast layer to 59%
Selected her eyes and applied unsharp mask (on a dupicate layer)
Reduced eye layer to 25%
Flattened & SFW
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LIGHTROOM 3
LR #1
I always like to play in LR too ~ it just feels different!
I wanted some rotation - it somehow brought her eyes out
I used the 'iris enhance' & 'teeth whitening' adjustment brushes
basic adjustments similar to CWR edit
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LR#2
In keeping with purple week...
I converted my LR1 to B&W (just click the BW tab)
fiddled a little with the contrast
then changed the split toning to give a purply look!! :)
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LR#3
From LR1 I applied Isabelle LaFrance 'Soulful Sunshine' #4
Brought down the brightness very slightly.
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LR#4
From LR1 ~ applied Isabelle La France Soulful Sunshine #3
again adjusted the brightness slightly, but I also changed the split toning shades a little.
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I think that's about it!!
I normally have a go in GIMP too, but not this week ~ it's been a long week!
If you'd like to join in with FIX-IT-FRIDAY hop on over, everyone will be pleased to see you!