editing

[kfin22]

These pictures aren't that great but I've been messing around with editing them and was interested to see what someone else would do. Anyone want to play around with these and let me know how & what you did?

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[Neil S.]

In my opinion these pics lack sharpness, but that is likely due to your lens.

Other than that its not too bad really.

 

[IgsEMT]

Not going to play with them cause I know what need to be done and you should learn
ALL OF THEM are lacking from shadows on the face - normally it isn't an issue if you have a lighting ratio but in this case you don't have it - its a flat shadow; therefore light up your shadows a bit. Next add the contrast a bit - give it SOME sort of depth.

 

[RauschPhotography]

Picture 2-Upped the blacks, added fill light, upped the exposure, upped vibrance.

Picture 1-Upped blacks, fill light, vibrance, brightness, added vignette.

 

[rainking]

Just played around using LR3.

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

My two cents...

 

[Derrel]

It looks like your lens is smudged or smeared with a fine film of airborne cooking oil droplets or something similar...the hazy, diffused look of your originals makes me wonder if your 18-55 lens is smudged up pretty evenly...

 

[sleist]

Here's my try:

 

[LarryD]

Your shutter speeds are way down to 1/20 and 1/30, and so there is motion blur that cannot be rectified..

Perhaps a bit of added contrast can make them appear more pleasing to the eye,,,

 

[prodigy2k7]

edited pictures...

The edits you gave aren't that much better, you introduced much more noise on the guy's forehead that's very distracting to me.

 

[prodigy2k7]

My version:
Sharpening Boost
Reduced noise
Contrast boost
White balance adjusted.