Color/Tone from a normal exposure

[tfitz]

Hi,

I am just wondering what kind of color/tone settings one would use in either Lightroom or Photoshop to achieve the color in the following photo. Appreciate the help...

[blinded]

really dark shadows, really bright highlights (near blown out). the rest looks desaturated but he could have done this with curves too. I guess I can't explain the whole look.

[René Damkot]

You could try Vibrance very high, saturation real low. Contrast and blacks high as well.

Another option: HSL slider; desaturate all colors, except skin tones. Then bring back in a bit of saturation for the colors you want. Contrast and blacks high again.

[tfitz]

You could try Vibrance very high, saturation real low. Contrast and blacks high as well.

Another option: HSL slider; desaturate all colors, except skin tones. Then bring back in a bit of saturation for the colors you want. Contrast and blacks high again.

I'll give that a try, sounds like it might work.

Thanks,
Tom

[tfitz]

Still can't quite get it exactly (close but no cigar in my opinion). If someone has seen this before in a book or something, please let me know so I can look up the exact steps/color settings.

Thanks