Camera RAW -> Post-Processed Image Thread

[Fr0dders]

thats what dodge is then

whats the burn in dodge & burn ?

 

[ScarySquirrel]

well thats obviously the first place i'm going wrong then

as i'm just applying one adjustment to the whole picture.

How would you bring out the colour in the eyes ?

Burn the pupils to make them blacker than the night. Then burn the outside dark bits of the eye, not sure the medical name for it.

You want to use the burn tool at about 15-20% opacity. Try not to overdo it, which is easily done because it can look awesome. You can then make the colour of the eye a bit more vibrant by selecting the eye area, going to Image > Adjustments > Colour balance. Have a play there and you can tweak the colour, again try and keep it subtle.

I personally wouldn't use the dodge tool on the coloured area of the eye, perhaps very lightly on the whites of the eyes to make them mega white, but nothing too much.

 

[syke]

Burn the pupils to make them blacker than the night. Then burn the outside dark bits of the eye, not sure the medical name for it.

You want to use the burn tool at about 15-20% opacity. Try not to overdo it, which is easily done because it can look awesome. You can then make the colour of the eye a bit more vibrant by selecting the eye area, going to Image > Adjustments > Colour balance. Have a play there and you can tweak the colour, again try and keep it subtle.

I personally wouldn't use the dodge tool on the coloured area of the eye, perhaps very lightly on the whites of the eyes to make them mega white, but nothing too much.

Pretty much this, but I sometimes use the dodge on the coloured bit of the eye to make them pop a little.

 

[famas]

did this conversion for a tutorial on gradient black and whites.

tutorial is on my blog.

Edit, also a tutorial on dodge/burn.

 

[ominousnews]

Nice processing guys, here's one from a year ago so my pp has changed a fair bit since then, but this photo was my first significant edit entirely in lightroom.

A quick and dirty shot from a halloween party, compression makes it look terrible but you get the idea...

 

[ScarySquirrel]

That's a pretty cool shot ominous, I really like it

 

[greedy123]

Before

After

 

[clintham]

this one was taken through a wire mesh:
ORIGINAL:

EDITED

 

[Russinating]

Here's a few from the selection I've got on this computer:

 

[Shining]

I see your Owl and raise you..



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[Schizophonic]

This:

this:

And this:

To this:

 

[Shining]

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[xaldub]

And another

Before

After

Looks good in the RAW to me too

 

[GSXRMovistar]

 

[ScarySquirrel]

Pretty dramatic change in these ones, not sure I should be revealing these

RAW (Obviously)

Processed

 

[Derek W]

Pretty dramatic change in these ones, not sure I should be revealing these

But you're not saying how you processed them so hardly giving away any secrets Remember when you posted the see-saw one. cracking shot

 

[Gaffer]

So Mrs Gaffer caught a puffin carrying a daisy. Of course, the puffin was stood in the wrong place, so she had to shoot into a low sun with no hood:

So in Lightroom:
Crop
spot removal
exposure +0.2
fill light 2
blacks 14
Brightness +44
Contrast +100
Clarity +16
Vibrance +18
Saturation +5
Yellow saturation +8
Blue Saturation -65

 

[Razor-BladE]

Pretty dramatic change in these ones, not sure I should be revealing these

The change in that see saw one is incredible, brilliant processing!

 

[Vertigo]

Before

After

Any chance you could explain what you did here as I love the effect you've achieved.

 

[trentlad]

Did you take that photo yourself?

I've had this processed image in my wallpaper folder for over a year now.