Overexposed effect

I was trying something new and I thought maybe an overexposed effect would help this photograph. What do you think?

Before:

I like this photo. And I really like the way her eyes are brought out by the pp .....but to me the really bright skin and shirt is a little distracting. If you could tone down the effect in those areas I think it would be awesome. By the way I checked out your smugmug account and you have some really nice landscape shots!

Not feeling it. The picture that it. The PP..eh.

You could probably get the skin, the wall, and the shirt to have some pop with a simple levels adjustment

PP doesn't work, her shirt is way too bright and it doesn't make the image any better

so... since PP doesn't work for anyone including me... How about verexposing the model ... selectively? This is when I would call my trusty dodge tool.

well here's the edit... went and extra yard with this one... sorry please excuse the blotchy spot on her face (right side)

photobucket compression... or... just my bad

Much better.

I overexpose in PP once in a while when it seems fitting. In this example it basically (and quickly I might add - this is one click in Lightroom) erases all of the unflattering characteristics of the SOOC shot and makes it an "artsy" shot.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/delobbo/3539643​671/

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I think this is still too much overexposure.... makes my eyes hurt a little. maybe not that much?

rlineberg wrote in post #7925701
I was trying something new and I thought maybe an overexposed effect would help this photograph. What do you think?

Have you tried an high contrast effect rather than just trying to over expose it.

With practice they can look cool, not everyone's taste (I like em) but cool all the same.

Steve

korrektor wrote in post #7939152
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I think this is still too much overexposure.... makes my eyes hurt a little. maybe not that much?

you're entitled to feeling that way. regarding this shot, it "flew" rather well so I personally think it is "OK".

superstes wrote in post #7939409
Have you tried an high contrast effect rather than just trying to over expose it.

With practice they can look cool, not everyone's taste (I like em) but cool all the same.

Steve

yeah that's a good technique too, used in moderation. and, agreed on your last sentence, definitely talking about personal preference here. not gonna be everyone's cup of tea.

btw here's the Lightroom preset, if you wanna try it out.

http://srika.com/img/o​verexposeR3.lrtemplate

yes the third one is much better.

try this.

copy layer

guissian blur (what ever you want)

than change the copied layer to screen.