Pimp my image

[srwatters]

I did a photo shoot last night with Jacky Nguyen. On one set we went for more of a high key/Maxim (whatever that is) style shot. I think the lighting and exposure are OK, but I don't know quite what else to do to it in post. I tried a little diffuse glow, but with the high key BG, it didn't work well. I could mask the rest of the shot out and just filter her, but I want to get some fresh ideas from the folks here. Only rule is you have to tell me what you did.

Web shot to see before you download the big jpg:


Link to the full size jpg (Adobe RGB, BTW).

[riteflyt]

Well I am going to go out on a limb here.... but I think everyone is a SKEERD to change the pics.... I would but I dont think you want be butchering your work...lol

[Jake]

I may download the full size just to make a poster of it as is

[mivy00]

I played with it just for the sake of playing with it ..... I gotta say the original unedited is very good. The versions I came up with seemed ok but I still like the original better.

Ill post mine in a bit
Here are a few
Desaturated

Glamour

[hookem]

I don't see anything wrong with the way it is. I like the poster idea.

[evil4blue]

I'm not afraid to play.

This is Maxim meets CSI: Miami, the skin tone is a little orangy, but it is generally what I was trying for.

I used one of the NIK filters called sunshine and added a little Gaussian blur with soft light blend.

[Ray]

Nice shot!

[Clint_Smith]

like the blue ray

[zargon20]

Nice photo...
Couldn't decide which one I like better...add a little umph to the photo
Just played around with blending modes and layers.

a little more umph

[hookem]

OK, I'll give it a shot anyway. This is using Paint Shop Pro 9.

1. Bumped up the contrast just a bit.
2. Used the Clarify tool (setting of 5) to add some depth.
3. Then saturated the colors to compensate for the desaturation caused by the Clarify tool.
4. Cropped then sharpened.

[LoungeLizard]

OK...my meeting is somewhat boring. Here's my attempt while "multitasking":

I took the background to almost white, ran a couple of Kubota Artistic actions on it (Hollywood Intensity and Angel Glow) and adjusted opacity on those to my taste added a layer mask and got rid of some of the glow around the face.

I just want to see a few more images of her - like a couple hundred or thousand would do just fine!

[riteflyt]

well here is my attempt

[Digital Prophet]

I guess mine isn't much different.

Prophet out.

[hookem]

She still looks good no matter what we do.

[xseption]

I like the blue as well by RAY as well