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\n\t\t\t\"Before\"\t\t\t

Before<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

I am intrigued to know where Andy Meyers took this photograph. It looks like it was created as a nighttime exhibit, which was nicely illuminated to provide an ideal photographic subject. The original was captured using a 40sec exposure, and this allowed a trace of light to be recorded entering (or maybe exiting) the mouth. It was a nice idea, but judging from the version Andy sent I can see he changed his mind and felt the photograph would look better with this removed. I agree. The main task here was to add more space to the right-hand side so the final image had an improved balance to the composition.<\/p>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t\"After\"\t\t\t

After<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

1. Apply Basic panel adjustments<\/h2>\n

I optimised the tones by opening the raw image in Camera Raw and went to the Basic panel. I darkened the Highlights and lightened the Shadows to bring out more tone detail in this high-contrast subject. I added a +68 Clarity figure to bring out the detail in the texture \u2028of the sculpture.<\/p>\n\"AndyMeyers-1\"\n

2. Extend the canvas<\/h2>\n

I then opened the image in Photoshop, where I used the Crop tool to extend the canvas size to the right. I added a new layer below the image layer and filled it with black. I added a Merged Stamped Visible layer at the top of the layer stack and used the Clone Stamp and Healing tools to fill the bottom-right section.<\/p>\n\"AndyMeyers-2a\"\n

3. Retouching layers added<\/h2>\n

I added an empty new layer and used the Spot Healing Brush to remove the light trace on the left. I added another empty layer (set to Darken mode) and painted with sampled dark colours to subdue a few of the brightly lit branches. I then selected the Crop tool to apply a rotated crop that straightened the image.<\/p>\n\"AndyMeyers-3a\"\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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