I stupidly overexposed this shot by measuring on the skin. As a result the left half of the image was basically all white when checking in dt. After some processing (especailly tone-equalizer) I got my contrasts how I wanted them but produced the very visible halo.
Where did I fuck-up (except exposure metering ;o) and what can I do better?
Yes I could pass on this one and concentrate on other shots, but I like her sensual expression and the intimacy of this shot, so … H E L P !
(I can and will send you the RAW file per WeTransfer if you have a solution, but this is NOT a play Raw competition. This is about losing the halo that I stupidly created)
For what it’s worth, though, I don’t think the halo negatively effects the image — seeing as how the model is so attractive and so well posed, and how well the overall tone of the image comes across, it doesn’t detract my attention. In short, I think it’s a great shot regardless (mind you, I’ve always thought all your images are amazing ).
I could be worth displaying the mask in tone equalizer and cycling through the preserve detail options as this may reveal the source of the halos. I would recommend this exercise at least once for all users of the tone equalizer module to appreciate the difference that comes form the preserve details options.
We are all here to learn and ask for advice. I only recently discovered the power of looking at the masks and the different preserve detail options. Reading the manual on this feature was also interesting for me. I am also a big fan of the shadow and highlights module which I do not see tone equalizer as a replacement for. They work and look different and I often use both in the same edit. With the shadow and highlights module if I get halos I switch the softening option to bilateral filter and this seems to always resolve the problem.
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did that also fix the hip area …seems like her right hip sort of blended into the background a bit too much??