I’ve gotten behind in my Beyond Beyond lessons. 😦
In Lesson 23, Kim showed us a desaturated flower edit and gave us her “recipe” as a preset as well as a step-by-step version in Photoshop and Lightroom. The steps involved desaturating the image, giving it a matte edit and haze, adding some subtle split toning and a texture. I tried these steps in a couple flower photos I’ve done recently, but wasn’t satisfied with my backgrounds. I finally went back to some of the orchid photos I took at Tra’s house and found an image where I could apply the techniques successfully. I also added just a bit of a white vignette to lighten the background.
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What a lovely image! I’ve fallen behind a bit too but did get a chance to try this. Interesting effect for an old image.
Worked brilliantly, I too am behind, helping my mother to move house, so may never catch up!