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Photo Equipment & MCP Actions™ Products Used

Camera and Lens Used: [amazon_link id=”B009B0MZ8U” target=”_blank” ]Canon 6D[/amazon_link] with 135mm 2.0L lens
ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed: ISO 500, f/3.0, SS 1/500
Software Used: Elements
Actions/Presets Used: Autumn Equinox Photoshop Actions
Extra Details:

In ACR:

1. Increased exposure by .35
2. Increased vibrance by 15

In Elements:

1. Created a high pass layer at 40% opacity to boost the blue in the eyes of both sisters
2. Fall Foliage from the Autumn Equinox set, inverted the main layer, and painted off the subjects
3. Dark Cherry Vignette masked off subjects, increased opacity to 25%
4. Burn Firewood painted onto green areas left from the previous edits, opacity 65%
5. Manual levels layer with midtones increased to 1.10 and output to 10 and masked off subjects
6. Manual levels layer with midtones increased to 1.10 and output to 10 changed to soft light, inverted layer and painted only on skin

Credits:

Image Title: Sweet Sisters
By: Kristi Butler
Studio: Memories in a Flash Photography
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