Bright Wedding Edit (RAW)

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This is a take over of some other thread Bright Wedding Edit.
Here is the raw file. I am looking for good edits with the following targets:

  • negative vignette without loss of saturation
  • split-toning to increase color contrast
  • some overall vibrance and exposure increase
    The following conditions shall also apply:
  • the white dress shall remain white
  • the skin tones shall remain natural

Thanks for your edits. Here is my take:

20190429_0292
20190429_02921920×2430 1.56 MB

the raw:
20190429_0292.CR2 (30.5 MB)
and my initial xmp:
20190429_0292_01.CR2.xmp (21.5 KB)
Hopefully I uploaded everything correctly.

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My try.

20190429_0292
20190429_0292719×1080 311 KB

20190429_0292.CR2.xmp (23.6 KB)

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20190429_0292
20190429_02921500×2000 1.13 MB

20190429_0292.CR2.xmp (24,1 KB)

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My quite simple RT edit

20190429_0292_RT-2
20190429_0292_RT-21536×2048 1.12 MB

20190429_0292_RT-2.jpg.out.pp3 (14.9 KB)

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Second try:

20190429_0292_02
20190429_0292_021557×2000 827 KB

20190429_0292.CR2.xmp (24,5 KB)

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My Ansel edit version
hello, I am a WJPA member photojournalist and I try not to manipulate the RAW image too much, If enlarge the image to 100% I see that there is digital noise and little sharpness, it was better to lower the ISO to 200 and use 1/1000 instead of 1/4000 ( iso 800 with 1/4000 f 4.0)

20190429_0292
20190429_02922000×3000 5.38 MB

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…and a third and last version. Without any vignette

20190429_0292_03
20190429_0292_031428×2000 1.34 MB

20190429_0292_01.CR2.xmp (18,1 KB)

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20190429_0292 (0)
20190429_0292 (0)3676×4500 8.65 MB

20190429_0292.CR2.xmp (21.4 KB)

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20190429_0292
20190429_02921279×1920 917 KB

20190429_0292.CR2.xmp (16.3 KB)

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20190429_0292
20190429_0292720×900 178 KB

ART 1.18 using the Adobe 77D Portrait camera profile, auto-match tone curve in luminance mode, a negative vignette plus some smoothing, a bit of lightness to bring up the shadows, and the tone equalizer to bring the dress down a little.

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Thank you all! I appreciate all of your effort and I have come up with my own take on this.
A bit of a blend of all of these ideas - however no bloom - it felt just a bit too much for my liking.
You can see a small set of comparisons here:

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sometimes some negative setting on dehaze can also help with a look like this…

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