Jeff Fiore wrote:
Google Amy Dresser. She has a technique to get that shine on the skin, it looks like her technique. She has a PSD file you can download with the layers intact so you can see her technique.

You can also see the link below...
https://secure.modelmayhem.com/po.php?t … 161&page=1

Thank you very much Jeff, I just downloaded the PSD and took a glimpse at the layers. I think this is exactly what I was looking for. Darn, 3 layers just for dodging! And I thought I was going a bit overboard doing 2 separate layers for non-destructive dodge and burning

Mac is Lost wrote:
I agree with the tonal effects and dodging and burning. I think the last step is a stamp visible layer with a photo filter of blue on it. Just to balance the foreground and background a bit.

When you mean stamp visible layer are you referring to "ALT + CTL + DEL + E" then applying a blue photofilter to all of it or mask and paint just the foreground?

Rafael Telles wrote:
When you mean stamp visible layer are you referring to "ALT + CTL + DEL + E" then applying a blue photofilter to all of it or mask and paint just the foreground?

Yes exactly. If you notice on the second image the tones are cooler on both model and environment.

Mac is Lost wrote:

Yes exactly. If you notice on the second image the tones are cooler on both model and environment.

My other suggestion and I'm sure somebody will chirp up about it, is once you've applied the filter, duplicate the layer and do a high pass. Desaturate the highpass layer, blendmode to either soft or hard light (or linear light if you know how to be sneaky with it). Play with the brightness contrast a bit. But create a mask and start brushing away the surfaces of the high pass layer, leaving the edges alone to really get some deeper definition in there without damaging skin tones.

d00dle wrote:
move the model closer to the rock. look like the light couldn't reach that far.

I actually used 2 lights and 2 reflectors for this photo. 1 light and medium gold reflector were used on the model and 1 light and huge white reflector where used to illuminate the background. The model did not wanted to get wet with the waterfall so she was about  1.5 to 2 meters in front of the background. The background was completely dark if I did not used lights specifically to light it up.

Rafael Telles wrote:
Question for Photoshop Wizards and expert retouchers out there. I am trying new retouching styles and I am stuck trying to achieve a specific look in a picture. In short, I want to know if if it possible to convert Pic#1 into the style of Pic#2? I know light, skin tan, makeup on Pic#2 was a lot to do with how the image end up looking, but I also know there is alot that can be done in Photoshop.. I am interested in the overall colour effect, and how the rocks pop out in #2.

Pic#1


Pic#2


Thanks!

Yes, without a doubt.  If you'd like send me the original (RAW preferred) at http://www.ppp3photo.com/scripts/uploadimages.asp and I'll have a layered TIF for you to learn from available for download within a few hours (perhaps a day or two). Just remember to fill in the fields in RED so I know who it belongs to.