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Nice print Hank.Jaap,
That first image is beautiful. But you have to work that digital negative. I've taken the liberty. A bit of dodging and burning and selective contrast enhancement.
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May I make an alternate cropping of your second picture? And, in this picture, I don't think the blown highlights are a problem at all.Thanks for the tips, guys.
I got this one from a lower point of view:
Personally I don't mind the blown highlight, but others may differ.
For my own taste, I wouldn't increase the contrast so much on the area with the figures but I like what you did to make that foreground area active. I'd still want to bring the bottom edge up though.You can use local manipulation of tone and contrast to provide more structure and hierarchy to your image. Darkening the foreground enhances the sense of perspective and 3D effect as the far background is lighter and flatter. It draws you into the image.
Increasing the contrast on the central figures makes them the focus of the stage.
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It's a bit over the top overall but working from a jpeg is not ideal. You want to be careful that the image doesn't start looking 'enhanced'.For my own taste, I wouldn't increase the contrast so much on the area with the figures but I like what you did to make that foreground area active. I'd still want to bring the bottom edge up though.
Cheers,
Sean
With a tiny file like this I can do 20 changes in 10 minutes.How do you do that, Hank?