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Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/01/2008 06:46:24 PM · #1

I took a few shots of my cousins wedding and i want to give them a few photo's that are nicely edited but im not that good at photoshop yet, if someone could lend a hand in giving a few editing tips or ideas id be grateful, this is the small version but i have a full sized version i can email to you if you can help.

This is the full picture (provided incase you dont like the angle i cropped it at)
full picture

cropped

slightly edited

Thanks again for any help, i just want a nice picture for my cousin but im not good at this yet lol :P FYI, im not getting any money for this, just so you know.

Message edited by ursula - please post large images as links or thumbnails - thanks!.

SamDoe1

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

01/01/2008 06:51:00 PM · #2

Send me the full size (RAW if you have it) and I'll work on it a bit. Might take a bit but I can for sure get it back to you tonight.

SamDoe1@comcast.net

Lonz

Sony DSLR-A700

Sony DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Aspherical ED High Magnification Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha

01/01/2008 08:50:46 PM · #3

Heres my take on it:

moondog

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G

01/01/2008 08:59:47 PM · #4

OK tell us what you did so we can learn. Please

moondog

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G

01/01/2008 09:02:37 PM · #5

Did you just burn around the hands?

smilebig4me1x

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

01/01/2008 09:08:33 PM · #6

just a really quick and dirty edit..here my edit thought for this

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Im lazy and havent really learne dthe layers thingy quite yet but this is what I did: did a quad tone dream action: aka duotone dream just changed it to quad(black, grey, lighter grey and white)flatten. then did a soft brush @18% normal (yellow for the gold) and did the rings. also dodged just around his hand and her arm on the bottom for a bit of depth. also dodged her knuckes and the one spot on the hand that was giving a dirty look.

action can be found here among a bunch of others for us PS challenged folks: //www.atncentral.com/download.htm

Message edited by author 2008-01-01 21:22:11.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/02/2008 05:27:39 AM · #7

Originally posted by Lonz:

Heres my take on it:

wow thats beautiful Lonz! Would you mind terribly doing that again on the full raw version lol, i want them to have something they can print big enough to frame. If not that size should be ok, either way it looks great. If you could post the steps id be grateful. Ill email you both the raw version.

Oh, you dont have an email in your profile. I dont know a website i can store the file so i cant PM you a link, if your willing to do a larger version of that, can you PM me your email so i can send over the raw?

Message edited by author 2008-01-02 05:31:46.

SamDoe1

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

01/02/2008 04:15:19 PM · #8

My version:

Oh editing steps in case you were interested:

Convert from RAW
Crop
Dup layers
G Blur for softness
Mask off what doesn't need softening
Dodge dark spots on hands
Merge down
Dup layer again
Levels
Strong curves for contrast
Merge down
Dup layer
Soft light blending
Reduce opacity
Merge down
Dup layer
Adjust saturation
Merge down
Dup Layer
Soft light again
Mask off hands to make BG darker/more contrasty
Merge down
Dup layer
Sharpen
Flatten
Add in vignette
Flatten
Save

Message edited by author 2008-01-02 16:21:47.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/02/2008 06:05:22 PM · #9

I felt it lacked participation and representation - Here's my spin on it for what it's worth:

Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro

01/02/2008 10:41:27 PM · #10

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

I felt it lacked participation and representation - Here's my spin on it for what it's worth:

lol thats the one!

luv2photo

Canon EOS-40D

01/02/2008 11:39:07 PM · #11

I played around with too much post processing at once, but anything like this interest you? I realize the lines could be a little sharper...more elegant is what I am thinking.