13. On Top of the World
This post is about the other side of photography: Post-processing
I used Lightroom for the editing.
Original Image Final Image
The main points I observed which can make this image better were:
1. The background is slightly over-exposed.
2. The reds in the T-shirt of boy and the umbrella can be improved ( more saturated and luminant ).
3. The blue color of the T-shirt of girl can be more luminant.
4. The background color is washed out.
This is the histogram of original image. The over-exposed background is evident here.
1. White balance: Changed the white balance to slightly blue as it was giving a good contrast to the reds.
2. I decreased the exposure and used the recovery bar to recover details in the highlights. I increased the Blacks slightly to increase the contrast.
3. I changed the highlights and shadows tone to green to reduce the numbers of colors in the photograph. It also gave more impact to the couple.
4. Gave the photograph a slight vignetting to give more emphasis to couple.
Final Histogram
Final Image
Image
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