What is the best way to fix a shiny face in Lightroom?

[Forkie]

Open in photoshop, paint over the spots using the clone tool with opacity set to about 5-7%, paint over until happy.

 

[amolitor]

I think the guy is basically pretty darn pink.

 

[Ballistics]

I highly, highly (that's right... 2 highlies ) recommend Scott Kelby's book on retouching.

Professional Portrait Retouching Techniques for Photographers Using Photoshop (Voices That Matter): Scott Kelby: 9780321725547: Amazon.com: Books

It really has changed the way I edit portraits.

 

[runnah]

Did you WB off his shirt?

 

[ronlane]

Looks red/pink/magenta in the face to me too.

To answer your question about what I do with bright spots is, yes, I use the burn brush and try my best to tone down the exposure on that area without it being obvious.

 

[2WheelPhoto]

Bring the highlights slider way down and maybe adjust the white slider as well.

^^^^^^^^that all day

 

[jwbryson1]

Did you WB off his shirt?

No, off the backdrop which is middle grey or pretty close to it.

I reduced the saturation in both the red and the orange channels, so I'm not sure why there is excess red in his face, except that he's a very red person to begin with -- no joke. He was outside for a good part of the weekend and got a lot of sun, so....

Look at the photograph SOOC and see how much I reduced the red tint:

[/URL] EMM SOOC by jwbryson1, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[runnah]

Boom!

 

[jwbryson1]

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Boom!

I realize that was quick and dirty, but the parts that were burned are a bit apparent. He likes the finished photograph and that's all that matters at this point.

I do appreciate all the comments and efforts to fix this though. :mrgreen:

 

[runnah]

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Boom!

I realize that was quick and dirty, but the parts that were burned are a bit apparent. He likes the finished photograph and that's all that matters at this point.

I do appreciate all the comments and efforts to fix this though. :mrgreen:

no burning, blending!