hey people
Thank you for taking the time to have a look and leave a comment and am glad most of you enjoyed it
For those interested PP involved a few things.
For the past month i've been giving lightroom a try again.
This time version 4 and am liking the results better
In lightroom i do a few basic things
In this case Set WB to daylight and warm that up a bit
I have clarity at 24 saturation 12 vibrancy 12
I also check lens profile and with the d800 camera neutral for the profile
To be honest these are my default setting that i apply to my RAW files after importing with WB getting tweaked as needed. I don't do a great deal in lightroom
From there i adjust exposure highlights shadows and color if needed for individual shots.
Then into Photoshop
The first thing i did here is adjust shadow/highlights and applied a mask to the layer and at a 50% opacity masked out her clothes background and sky.
Then to get the pop i use a Soft Light Layer at about 50% and then again use a mask to mask out certain things in this case her face and hair. This step for my workflow is vital, i use it on Portraits and landscapes.
Next i give the image some contrast
Using Unsharp mask i have the setting at 15,250,0 this really makes the image stand out...You need to watch that's it's not too strong an effect, if so i reduce opacity or add a levels layer on top and move the middle slider to the left somewhere between 1.00 and 1.20 works great.
I also used Nik Viveza to darken the sky a bit using the control points it offers. Used these a lot in capture NX2.
That's pretty much the main things
Hope that helps and thanks again
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badui bourizk
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