A good friend of mine

[trongnghia2411]

Yeah, I started taking photos over a year ago and my Photoshop/Lightroom skills on editing photos nearly equals zero.

This is the result of some Lightroom adjustment:

Before:


After:



Model Canon EOS 5D Mark II
ISO 400
Exposure 1/80 sec
Aperture 2.0
Focal Length 135mm
Flash Used true

Please comment if the photo is overexpose or wrong crop or anything

I appreciate your help

Thanks

[Bruce A]

Nice portrait, but I think I prefer the warmer tones of #1.

[Ladyblackswan]

Me too....but I like the crop on the second one better

[SnapHappyMum]

Ditto to what Ladyblackswan said.

[trongnghia2411]

Thanks,

The first one was just straight from the camera, no edit. The second one was crop. And as you all may know, many of Asian ppl prefer their skin to be whiter

[Rentham]

Originally Posted by trongnghia2411

And as you all may know, many of Asian ppl prefer their skin to be whiter

I didn't know that. All the same, she's going blue in your edit. Lily white is one thing, but the skin tone in this looks almost corpse like.

[BigFuzzy]

Originally Posted by Rentham

I didn't know that. All the same, she's going blue in your edit. Lily white is one thing, but the skin tone in this looks almost corpse like.

As much time as I've spent in Asia, I'm still shocked at the amount of skin lightening products you find in beauty store. I'm sure she likes #2 more, but I also think I like #1 better.

Oh, and tell your friend, she's hot no matter what skin color.

[dark knight]

I totally agree with Big Fuzzy (especially the last part) =P

[Alexs]

Agree...first pic for me too

[SusanH1970]

Agreed with all previous posters. She's a beautiful girl. I think a happy medium would be between the two edits. She looks just a tad underexposed in the first, and definitely pasty in the the second - not so much lily-white, but greyish.