Hi Cheryl - a very tender moment, well captured. The comp works well IMHO. It felt a little bright to me and I also thought you could bring out a little bit more detail. I hope you don't mind but here's a rp with a luminosity mask at 40%, then I opened the midtones slightly and also dropped the reds and yellows slightly.
Hi Cheryl - a very tender moment, well captured. The comp works well IMHO. It felt a little bright to me and I also thought you could bring out a little bit more detail. I hope you don't mind but here's a rp with a luminosity mask at 40%, then I opened the midtones slightly and also dropped the reds and yellows slightly.
TFS,
Rachel
Geez you all with your PS skills!. Nice work Rachel and I like that better especially the detail you brought out. Thanks for the help
Lovely tender moment Cheryl. Rachel's repost is the right touch...
Do you perhaps have a little more space to the LHS and bottom?
OK folks I have reworked from raw. Took advice from Rachel Thanks so much and Morkel This is the full frame. Had a little more on the left side. Removed a few white blotches. Better?
I'd brush a Quick Mask in the UR with a soft-edged brush and make a masked layer (Curves or Brightness and Contrast) and reduce the contrast in the foliage above the giraffe's neck.
Hi Cheryl, really like this intimate moment here, well seen and captured.
Rachels RP is certainly going in the right direction here Cheryl, however I would duplicate the same adjustment layer and kick the opacity down for the Lumi mask. But ONLY apply it to the brighter, whiter areas to tone them down. Adding a midtone layer overall helps, then drop the red & yellow in saturation, yellow in the whites. By creating these layer adjustments and masks you can control your application and the overall degree. It also helps the slightly saturated top part to blend in with the rest of the BKD. If you have it, I would crop about 1/4 inch off the RHS to lose the hump of the lower giraffe and have more below, easier to play with an uncropped version. Techs look good.
Cheryl I think on reflection and based on viewing a number of RAW files of yours, getting the WB right is KEY. That is your platform/basis before you do anything. Hopefully you now know where and what to look for when you start your RAW workflow, so hope to see if things change. Both LR & ACR are designed to lead you through the correct sequence of steps in their various Modules so it has a logical order to develop your images.
Just my take based on the above comments and your OP.
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Cheryl I think on reflection and based on viewing a number of RAW files of yours, getting the WB right is KEY. That is your platform/basis before you do anything. Hopefully you now know where and what to look for when you start your RAW workflow, so hope to see if things change. Both LR & ACR are designed to lead you through the correct sequence of steps in their various Modules so it has a logical order to develop your images.
Just my take based on the above comments and your OP.
Amazing, you all are brilliant and i'm gonna catch up... you'll see
That is actually good thing to do. Let the image sit for a few hours and come back to have another look at it.
I still try to do a habit out of it.
Love the beautiful moment between the two.