"The Queen of Light takes her bow" from Led Zeppelin's song "The Battles of Evermore". It was a toss up between "The Battle of Evermore" and the "Immigrant Song". Since I didn't have a horde of Vikings lying around , the queen of light won out.
Mid tone color balance (+R/-B)
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Diffuse light
Burn edges of image
Dodge around queen
Levels
Increase contrast
This is my first advanced editing attempt on an outdoor image involving a live subject. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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You're probably gonna hear about "the dress is blown" but I suspect this is quite intentional to create the "light". I'm glad someone chose to do this.
Interesting idea. The glow effect is a little overdone for my taste. The halo looks more like the surroundings were darkened instead of the halo brightened. Her face is also too soft, it looks out of focus.
Excellent choices in post-processing. Normally I am not a fan of visible halos when people dodge and burn, but it enormously helps create the effect relevant to the title you chose.
The feel is very ethereal, but I think I would like to see a bit more detail in her left arm and the bow (as it was not easily apparent to identify). Overall it's a good capture, and a great interpretation of the song lyric chosen!
I'm not sure I care for the extreme dodging/burning in this picture although I can see why you did it. Perhaps you could have something similar but far less drastic by slightly desaturating the bits you wanted to take our eyes from.
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