Beautiful Bella in Black and White

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Photo Equipment & MCP Actions™ Products Used

Camera and Lens Used:[amazon_link id=”B004V4IWHY” target=”_blank” ]Nikon D5100[/amazon_link]; [amazon_link id=”B004Y1AYAC” target=”_blank” ]Nikon 50mm f/1.8[/amazon_link]
ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed:ISO200, F2.2, 1/250
Software Used: Lightroom
Actions/Presets Used: Enlighten Lightroom Presets
Extra Details: First I cropped slightly, used the exposure brush to lighten the blanket to the right a tad, adjusted that exposure. Slight Brighten Midtones, Slight Brighten Shadows, Slight Noise Reduction, See Clearly Slight. Dodged select pieces of her hair to add dimension and highlight, Dodged eyes a tad to enhance catchlights, sharpened lashes, smoothed skin, spot removal on several places on her face. Used Pop B&W, updated my exposure to +20, Contrast at +74, Highlights at -64, Shadows at +62, Whites at +45, Blacks at -26, adjusted Red/Grey level of the B&W mix to -33.

That’s it…sounds like a lot right? Didn’t take long at all to achieve the look I was going for. Thanks for looking =)

Credits:

Image Title: Beautiful Bella
By: Lilly Honaker