Any advice on how I can make this render better?
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Here is a few of suggestions
- Don't cut off her feet, if you are going to show her whole body make sure it is whole.
- Add a vignette around the outside. Peoples eyes are naturally drawn to the brightest part of a picture so make sure she is the center of attention, so to speak.
- Another, point her eyes directly toward the camera. You don't need to move the head, just move her eyes.
I am sure others can add more.
Here is an example of what I mean, the first image was posted earlier today on this thread
It is straight out of DAZ. I like the way this turned out and was happy to leave it alone. But then I thought I would make sure the viewer concentrates on Gina in the frame and not all the rest of the sides and backgrounds. Here is the result after about 5 minutes in Lightroom.
Even though I thought the first image as good, I now like this one better. Here was what I did to change the look. I used a few masks, on both sides of the image I used radial masks to darken the lower left and entire right side of the picture, just lowering the exposure about 1/3 stop. Then I applied a liner mask from the bottom to just under Gina's butt and dropped the exposure about 1/6 stop. One last radial mask around her head, shoulders, upper back and butt where I increased the exposure about 1/2 stop. There you have a completely different looking image that is not as flat as the first, and draws more attention to Gina in the middle.
