Girl & Exhibit

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Tuna . . .thanks, I thought of you after composing this shot as it seemd to me like a scene you would be interested in. I appreciate your good words . . .

John. . .yeah, size does matter here lol. girl with big chests . . .thanks for the thoughts

Frog. . . glad to hear it. I have been inspired by many people and works on this forum and happy to be able to give something back as well.

Aaron . . .I posted the original shot out of camera. I was happy with it but I had alot more in mind for the scene and so it was only the beginning.
Basically what I do, as I do with alot of my work, is get everything I can out of it in RAW first. then I open in PS, duplicate layer and convert layer to b&w using gradient map. I added another node in the center of the map (between b&w) and set it to a sepia likebrown color. I move it down below 50% to about 40 to open up some detail in the shadows and mids. I then reduce the opacity on this layer to about 80% to allow a bit of the original image to bleed through. I erase some of the effect in areas where I want more of the original image to show through, such as the cabinets ( this enhanced their brown reddish color) The, flatten layer and do some painting of light where I want with a dodge brush, some cloning if needed, and a few other small detail work, but thats basically it. Every image will require diffferent settings and amounts of adjustments.
thanks for the comments