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London is a crazy town. Incredible mix of architecture, but it works.

We unfortunatly don't see that kind of picture everyday. Very creative!

A simple one is double color/saturation mask

 

1st one in color mode, with color pushed almost 100% on the left (to be tuned later)

 

2nd in normal mode, with saturation 100% on the left

 

Then add a first S curve, then a second curve to push light, with optionally a mask to avoid pushing too much on with clothes

 

Then a new layer filled with a pattern from a TMax (or any other film you like), blended in overlay mode

 

Attached to the scan layer, a contrast/brightness layer configured to your taste.

 

 

All that is scriptable an the same script is OK for 90% of the situations.

 

 

For best (but time consuming) job, duplicate the initial layer and take a clone stamp with 30% covering, a 90 px soft brush. Alt-Click to define the center of the best lighted chick, then click very close to this center (inside the circleof the brush) and start moving the pen around the face so that you smoothly blend the pixels without loosing the skin texture. Finally put this layer at 65% opacity.

 

That's it !

I like this picture, but technically there is a major issue with highlights.

 

Which technique do you use for BW conversion ?

I like the idea, anyway the frame is too present for me, the picture doesn't "breathe". Maybe a slightly larger crop would have worked. A good idea that can be reused with variations !

Simply great.

 

And great because simple: who said "a good picture is when nothing can't be removed anymore"... ?

Super work. Simple moment, simple emotion... the most difficult to capture!

Very nice mix between a very good nude pic and a very good night landscape pic.

 

Inventive use of a diagonal in the lower part of the pic only. Great.

The thumbnail look nice, the quality of the pic isn't as good as it could have been:

 

- Very good idea, dynamic crop

- Rough extract of the subjects in photoshop: the border is too much noticable, especially on the women's hair, you should feather a lot more the selection.

 

regards,

Fran篩s

Terrific! Incredible gradient of grays, capturing expression. The white curtain is a little bit distracting...

Great tones, nice moment

 

Great! Unfortunatly we don't see so much her face...

The more I look at this picture, the more I like it.

 

To my amateur opinion one of the best wedding pics I've seen on photo.net

 

So GREAT !

Very unusual... so great !

 

Wonderful picture.

Good idea, nice pose. For me the texture/pattern of the stones are too distracting.

 

Nice greys

Too soft too. But great image.

Like the moment, the crop... but not the B&W treatment.

 

May be a scan pb ?

Lovely!

 

 

Thanks Gary,

 

Nice links !

I remove my first two comments, my screen was decalibrated !

Too soft for me, and lack of light on the eyes. And I wonder of a square format wouldn't have been better... just to make some constructive critics, it's a very good pic !

 

 

 

Great.

 

Could evan be greater with a wider angle, closer from the couple to make them bigger compare to the crowd. And standing slighly lower so that the horizon on the right is hidden (more "pure" lines).

 

 

Anyway great ideau and comp !

I prefer this one: the horizon isn't distracting, and the clouds aren't burned.

 

Great.

For me the the horizon distacts from the faces, and especially the burned zones in the sky.

 

In fact the horizon might not be a pb, if this burned zone on the upper left weren't there: I only see it !

 

The idea's there but needs to be matured.

 

Anyway good pic !

 

Incredible tones. How do you do that ?

 

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