I love older world looking images that allow for editing to take them many directions. This image was taken with the Nikon D40 which is a much older camera at this point with the Nikon 35 1.8. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the Nikon D40 it is a good little camera that is great for people to learn on. When you put on the Nikon 35 1.8 you are going to get great images just like this one below.

What will you do with this, will you crop it, go color, go black and white or do something totally off the wall?

Try doing your normal edit followed by one that is totally off the wall or something that you would not normally do. It is always a good thing to challenge yourself to try something a little different than you are used to, you may like the results.

Don't forget you can make a Screenflow for everyone to see and learn from.

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Be sure to upload your edited file in the Forum on Facebook and Google+. Please use file name FroKnowsPhoto Raw Edit 53 when posting. I love seeing what you guys create week in and week out. If you have the ability to make a screen flow please do so as they are a ton of fun to watch.

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FroKnowsPhoto Raw Edit 53 by jaredpolin, on Flickr

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This is my edit attempt, my grandfather had a slight obsession with trains amongst other things so had lots of pictures of trains and the drivers floating around, this image reminded me of a lot of them so I edited the photo to look like his photos.



A brief description of what I did:-

upped temp
lowered tint little
adjusted exposure
little fill light
upped recovery
adjusted brightness
upped contrast
increased clarity
lowered saturation
added little negative vignetting
added grain
used burn effect on adjustment brush to add some grubbiness to his face and clothes to make it look like they had just pulled in at a station.

edited in Aperture

Here is my edit for this week.

Here's my edit.

Have a great day

FroKnowsPhoto RAW Edit 53 by benduncan1991, on Flickr


FroKnowsPhoto RAW Edit 53 by benduncan1991, on Flickr

Here's my take (my first one here!)...



What I did:

In Lightroom 3:
Cropped to remove the back of the other figure.
Slight exposure bump: +.33
Recovery bump: 20
Fill light and blacks at 50
Up brightness: +45
Up contrast: +73
Split tone: very light brown in the hightlights and steel-ish blue in the shadows. Balance set to +23

Photoshop:
Brighten the eyes a bit, which were lost under the brim, via layer mask
Selective sharpening on subject to make him pop a little more