Sarah: Hi All! I am wondering how I can make this photo better. I altered the colors in Photos. making the greens more intense. Canon SX 60. Thanks for any input. OZ...

ozmerelda Loc: Osprey, FL

Hi All!
I am wondering how I can make this photo better. I altered the colors in Photos. making the greens more intense.

Canon SX 60.

Thanks for any input.

OZ

Sarah intense

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wayne-03 Loc: Minnesota

In my opinion the photo was over-exposed by 1 to 1 1/2 stops and your focus was soft. I lowered the overall exposure by 1 stop, open up the exposure on her face, darkened and blurred the background. Nothing you can do about the sharpness, image is just soft. Re-cropped to make the young lady the only subject of the photo.

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Robert Graybeal Loc: Myrtle Beach

wayne-03 wrote:

In my opinion the photo was over-exposed by 1 to 1 1/2 stops and your focus was soft. I lowered the overall exposure by 1 stop, open up the exposure on her face, darkened and blurred the background. Nothing you can do about the sharpness, image is just soft. Re-cropped to make the young lady the only subject of the photo.

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R.G. Loc: Scotland

One thing the whole image seems to have benefited from is more Clarity, especially around her face. On top of that I smoothened out the light levels as much as poss and sharpened a bit using a fair bit of masking.

You stated a preference for vivid colours, so I went with that but thought that yellow was coming over a bit strong in your own edit, so I subdued it a bit in mine. The rest was toning down or cloning out various distractions.

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Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

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ozmerelda Loc: Osprey, FL

Thank you all! I like all the changes.

rborud Loc: Minnesota

ozmerelda wrote:

Hi All!
I am wondering how I can make this photo better. I altered the colors in Photos. making the greens more intense.

Canon SX 60.

Thanks for any input.

OZ

ozmerelda
Could this help?
RBorud

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Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

Processed similar to Wayne-03. A crop with more emphasis on the model but, not too close to the knee. Pushed the darks closer to black, a little sharpening, a little adjustment in the blues, a tiny mid-tone contrast increase, and a masked gradient vignette at reduced opacity.

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dannac Loc: 60 miles SW of New Orleans

Rick36203 wrote:

Processed similar to Wayne-03. A crop with more emphasis on the model but, not too close to the knee. Pushed the darks closer to black, a little sharpening, a little adjustment in the blues, a tiny mid-tone contrast increase, and a masked gradient vignette at reduced opacity.

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Bill Houghton Loc: New York area

Rick36203 wrote:

Processed similar to Wayne-03. A crop with more emphasis on the model but, not too close to the knee. Pushed the darks closer to black, a little sharpening, a little adjustment in the blues, a tiny mid-tone contrast increase, and a masked gradient vignette at reduced opacity.

If it's going to be Cropped, I'd go with this. :thumbup:

ozmerelda Loc: Osprey, FL

Rick36203 wrote:

Processed similar to Wayne-03. A crop with more emphasis on the model but, not too close to the knee. Pushed the darks closer to black, a little sharpening, a little adjustment in the blues, a tiny mid-tone contrast increase, and a masked gradient vignette at reduced opacity.

Thanks, this is my favorite. I so appreciate it.
:) :) :) :) :)

hb3 Loc: Texas

ozmerelda wrote:

Hi All!
I am wondering how I can make this photo better. I altered the colors in Photos. making the greens more intense.

Canon SX 60.

Thanks for any input.

OZ

Nice image to work with...my take is attached...

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ozmerelda Loc: Osprey, FL

hb3 wrote:

Nice image to work with...my take is attached...

I think it is quite lovely. :) :) :) :)

Dan821 Loc: Traveling........

What a great image! It reminds me of the photos from the 1920's and flapper Era!
You should crop as suggested to showcase just the lovely Lady, and render in B&W. Forget the color and softness.

Thanks for sharing!

SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

Edited in LR, and attempted to reduce the green in the blouse.