PS (Photoshop) the POW (Photo of the Week)--Go!--2/7/11

[dan_south]

<p>Many interesting variations. I noticed that in some of the "processed" versions the dress is less white than in the original image posted by Nadine. If the bride is wearing a pure white dress, post-processing shouldn't render it "off-white." My two cents. </p>

[erica_pheysey1]

<p>Here is my take on a BW version. I did a lab blend, bw conversion, slight selective color to tweak yellows, sharpen, and then a final gaus blur to soften the background.</p><div></div>

[JRCrowe]

<p>Hey Bob the tiff looks good but the jpeg looks undersaturated. Did you use save for web in photoshop?</p>

[fotografz]

<p>You folks are amazing!</p>

<p>Dick, Pete ... excellent info for many to look into. </p>

[jemal.yarbrough]

<p>my try...<br>

<a href="http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/blackfist2k2/?action=view&current=dressjky.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh20/blackfist2k2/dressjky.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></p>

<p>Selected channel to maximize bride and dress; curves layer for darkened background with channel inverted to mask; curves layer for brighter bride and dress with channel selection to mask out background, popped over to lab to increase colors and sharpen luminosity layer, copied back into RGB, with prior layer added slight lens blur and used inverted mask just to blur background a tad, then adjusted LAB top layer to taste. Quick and dirty.</p>