May 10, 2012 14:26 | #1 I'd like some critique on a photo that I've just edited in Lightroom 3. I see so many family portrait photos that look awesome and want to improve my editing in Lightroom, and would like some ideas.  Edited.  Link to RAW file  if you care to give it a go and show me what I'm missing.5D Mark IV (2) l RP l 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II l Canon 24-105 l Canon 85L 1.4
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JakAHearts Cream of the Crop  More info | May 10, 2012 14:37 | #2 Looks really nice to me. WB looks nice, exposure looks nice. A very slight boost in contrast on the face might be needed but its hard for me to tell on my crappy work monitor. Shane
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May 10, 2012 14:41 | #3 JakAHearts wrote in post #14411705 Looks really nice to me. WB looks nice, exposure looks nice. A very slight boost in contrast on the face might be needed but its hard for me to tell on my crappy work monitor. Thanks. I'm not entirely proficient in Lightroom. How would I adjust the contrast only on his face and not the entire photo? 5D Mark IV (2) l RP l 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II l Canon 24-105 l Canon 85L 1.4
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May 10, 2012 14:45 | #4 I would leave the whole right foot in the image Chris
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May 10, 2012 14:46 | #5 Chris wrote in post #14411746 I would leave the whole right foot in the image Good point. 5D Mark IV (2) l RP l 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II l Canon 24-105 l Canon 85L 1.4
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JakAHearts Cream of the Crop More info | May 10, 2012 15:01 | #6 Im not sure you could do that quickly in lightroom. It would require the straighten and then fill in the grassy area with another tool. Much easier in PS. Shane
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May 10, 2012 15:05 | #7 eaglefan wrote in post #14411729 Thanks. I'm not entirely proficient in Lightroom. How would I adjust the contrast only on his face and not the entire photo? You would use the adjustment brush tool Chris
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May 10, 2012 15:45 | #8 If this was my pic, I would have ended up with this. But I'm just an amateur, trying to figure this out too. I do love working in Lightroom though  Chris
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May 10, 2012 15:47 | #9 Chris wrote in post #14412064 If this was my pic, I would have ended up with this. But I'm just an amateur, trying to figure this out. I do love working in Lightroom though Chris, do you mind sharing with me the edits you made in LR? It looks good! 5D Mark IV (2) l RP l 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II l Canon 24-105 l Canon 85L 1.4
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May 10, 2012 16:00 | #10 I changed it to an 8X10 crop and rotated it a little bit Chris
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May 10, 2012 16:16 | #11 Chris wrote in post #14412156 I changed it to an 8X10 crop and rotated it a little bit I used the adjustment brush on the eyes using the default iris enhancement settings Set the temperature to 5793 and Tint to +5 Exposure +60 Blacks 8 brightness +47 contrast +31 sharpening 60 radius 1.3 noise reduction luminance 21 Thanks, that should help me! 5D Mark IV (2) l RP l 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II l Canon 24-105 l Canon 85L 1.4
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stevesnaps Member  59 posts Likes: 2 Joined Apr 2012 Location: Winnipeg, Canada More info | May 10, 2012 22:24 | #12 If I may throw my mix into the.. 'mix'.  sample_edit by photofirephotography, on FlickrTemp: 5678 Exposure: +.69 Brightness: +57 Clarity: -29 Vibrance: +20 General cropping to rid the photo of the red flag/label, pulled som red out in HSL Saturation (-27) A little bit of post crop vignetting Open current edit in PS Zoom in and select both eyes with magnetic lasso tool set to feather 10px, tweak contrast and unsharp mask (only slightly so he doesnt look like a zombie) Select Lasso tool with 120px feather and select area you want to highlight, reverse selection, gaussian blur +4.0., adjust curves. This is a personal style, not how you 'should' do your edits, but I hope you don't mind. I was bored and waiting for my lens to get here so I can play with my own photos. I should also mention, I didn't spend an exuberant amount of time on it, if I spent more time it might be a 'bit' cleaner cheers
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brucex Mostly Lurking 12 posts Joined Jun 2010 More info | May 10, 2012 22:32 | #13 is this overprocessed? 
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May 11, 2012 10:37 | #14 stevesnaps wrote in post #14413828 If I may throw my mix into the.. 'mix'. sample_edit by photofirephotography, on FlickrTemp: 5678 Exposure: +.69 Brightness: +57 Clarity: -29 Vibrance: +20 General cropping to rid the photo of the red flag/label, pulled som red out in HSL Saturation (-27) A little bit of post crop vignetting Open current edit in PS Zoom in and select both eyes with magnetic lasso tool set to feather 10px, tweak contrast and unsharp mask (only slightly so he doesnt look like a zombie) Select Lasso tool with 120px feather and select area you want to highlight, reverse selection, gaussian blur +4.0., adjust curves. This is a personal style, not how you 'should' do your edits, but I hope you don't mind. I was bored and waiting for my lens to get here so I can play with my own photos. I should also mention, I didn't spend an exuberant amount of time on it, if I spent more time it might be a 'bit' cleaner cheers Thanks, don't mind at all. The different edits help me see different points of view in choosing how to do my own. 5D Mark IV (2) l RP l 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II l Canon 24-105 l Canon 85L 1.4
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willspective Senior Member  601 posts Likes: 100 Joined Mar 2011 Location: Miami, FL More info | May 11, 2012 10:43 | #15 stevesnaps wrote in post #14413828 If I may throw my mix into the.. 'mix'. sample_edit by photofirephotography, on FlickrTemp: 5678 Exposure: +.69 Brightness: +57 Clarity: -29 Vibrance: +20 General cropping to rid the photo of the red flag/label, pulled som red out in HSL Saturation (-27) A little bit of post crop vignetting Open current edit in PS Zoom in and select both eyes with magnetic lasso tool set to feather 10px, tweak contrast and unsharp mask (only slightly so he doesnt look like a zombie) Select Lasso tool with 120px feather and select area you want to highlight, reverse selection, gaussian blur +4.0., adjust curves. This is a personal style, not how you 'should' do your edits, but I hope you don't mind. I was bored and waiting for my lens to get here so I can play with my own photos. I should also mention, I didn't spend an exuberant amount of time on it, if I spent more time it might be a 'bit' cleaner cheers This is awesome, I didn't know the lasso-tool trick..definitely saving this post lol
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