focal length: 34 mm
shutter speed: 1/160
aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 800
flash: none
Melody prompted us to share our dream-like photos. I shot this yesterday and although the focus was off, I like the slightly blurred effect. It looked “dreamy”. Well… almost.
Here’s SOOC (straight out of camera):
To get from the SOOC to the final image, I cropped just a bit to get rid of the wood piece at the bottom left corner. Then I increased exposure and contrast, adjusted the tone curve, added some white vignetting and decreased the vibrance a touch. You can see the values in the screen shot below from Adobe Lightroom.
Et, voila! Dreamy! Well, it is to me at least.
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shelli
Jun 30, 2008 at 4:50 am
I LOVE it! And how cool it is that you can show us the Lightroom screen.
Christina
Jun 30, 2008 at 6:01 am
Very dreamy! I love that. I tried Lightroom, but it’s not for me.
carrie
Jun 30, 2008 at 7:38 am
That is a dreamy pic! She is so beautiful. And I LOVE Lightroom, too. It does a much better job of converting to B&W than I can ever do in Photoshop!
Katherine Lim
Jun 30, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Now I know what to do with my blurry pics^^
MelodyA.
Jun 30, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Oh, yea. Very dreamy. Nice job.
emily
Jun 30, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Oooh! Beautiful. I am endlessly inspired by your photographs. Someday, I’ll get the nerve up to post a pic on Shutter Sisters. ‘Til then, I love seeing what you have done.