Actually, her name is Jocelyn so I shouldn't be uncharitable but those breathing apparatus do make her look somewhat alien...safety at the expense of fashion, as it should be.
I am a confirmed and certifiable nutbar with a penchant for skulls, bones, blood, guts, fire and anything slightly peculiar and mostly bizarre. I also...
@maggiemae Given that it's a grinder, "neither" is the answer to your question. @jamibann Neither would I, despite her being very softly spoken ;) @kjarn Best to be safe :) @koalagardens That she does - looking forward to seeing the finished product @redy4et With the dust. grit and shrapnel from these things is probably for the best! @jgpittenger I'll race you... ;) @taffy Thanks very much :)
Hi Mr S, I'm slowly lesrning processing, and don't have Photoshop. Am getting to sort of understand dodge and burn. What do you do to process your photos to make them look like this, but still not overly "cheated"??
@30pics4jackiesdiamond I don't use Photoshop or Lightroom - I used to but I find Affinity Photo (for Mac) to be much better for me - more intuitive with the same functionality as Lightroom and most of what I need from Photoshop.
I usually start by doing a tonal compression and pushing the contrast up to a maximum before tweaking the shadows and highlights to a point where I'm happy with the look, like this shot. I never once managed to get the same result from LR.
@jamibann Neither would I, despite her being very softly spoken ;)
@kjarn Best to be safe :)
@koalagardens That she does - looking forward to seeing the finished product
@redy4et With the dust. grit and shrapnel from these things is probably for the best!
@jgpittenger I'll race you... ;)
@taffy Thanks very much :)
@domenicododaro Thank you very much :)
@30pics4jackiesdiamond Tempting...
I usually start by doing a tonal compression and pushing the contrast up to a maximum before tweaking the shadows and highlights to a point where I'm happy with the look, like this shot. I never once managed to get the same result from LR.