First attempt at hi-key

[Bristol Pete]

See the pic. First attempt at hi-key. Not sure if I like this style of work, however thought I would have a go.

Picture of Mum shot in raw and then this applied -

Saturation down to 0

Temperature to left 2000

Tint – 150

Brightness + 125

Exposure + 75

Shadows 4

Contrast 100

Burn, shadows, 100 brush, exposure 3 on hair, eyes, nose and lips.

Lasoo tool, select feather, inverse, gausion blur, radius 4 pixels to blur the background though low aperture was effective enough.

Lasoo tool, select eyes, feather, unsharp mask, 150, 1, 1 to bring out detail.

Any thoughts. not entirely convinced by it but wanted to have a go. Perhaps a little too much natural light from the right as we look at it.

Thanks for looking.

Pete.

[toadoftoadhall]

badly burned out as you say on the left. You should adjust exposure for this.
Also I would ask your mum not to stand so close to the wall, or take the wall out with a white brush. A better pose would help the photo too.

Keep trying, nice to see someone making an effort.

[Bristol Pete]

Thanks.

As I have converted this to jpeg, can I still adjust exposure?

What type of pose? Slightly side on?

Will take note about the wall too. Cheers.

Pete.

[Bristol Pete]

Revision bringing out the mid and shadow tones + taken wall out of it. Cant retrieve the part of face burnt out but hey, its hi key!!!

[bibamus]

Would have been nicer to get a better outline of your Mums face to increase the contrast between her and the background, but the revision looks good.
Allan