Photo Quality / Power of Shining Golden Highlight

I explained how to edit photos in Digital Imaging World. However, there are many types of photos. I continue to explain how to edit photos using many examples.

This time, I will explain how to improve this photo on Instagram app.

Original photo

Basically, I follow my procedure explained in Digital Imaging World.

1. I increase BRIGHTNESS. What I would like to improve is her face. It’s a bit dark.

I increased BRIGHTNESS up to 100 to get enough brightness for her face.

It’s brilliant. The brightness of all area is boosted up.

2. I decrease HIGHLIGHT to keep the details of bright area.

I set HIGHLIGHT -35 until I can see the far details more.

We can see the details of background.

3. I increase SHADOW because her face is still a bit dark.

I increased SHADOW to 50 to get enough brightness of her face.

Her face became brilliant.

4. I increase CONTRAST to make her more brilliant.

I set the value of CONTRAST 30 to add contrast slightly,

You can adjust CONTRAST whatever you want. If you want more CONTRAST, just increase the value.

The brightest area of golden background became shinning.

6. I increase SATURATION according to the basics of How to improve color. The photo is brighter than the original so I will increase SATURATION

I increased the value of SATURATION to 13.
This photo became bright and vivid! Finally, the photo had been improved dramatically.

Let us compare the original photo and edited one.

She is shinning with the golden wheat field!

The young lady with golden background is very impressive, right? I purposely added a bit strong contrast. The wheat field became shinning and it made her shinning, too. Highlight is very important. It gives a powerful impact to your followers.

Thanks for reading this blog. If you want to know how to improve your photo, go to Digital Imaging World to learn “How to Edit Your Photos”.

See you very soon. Have a good day!

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