Awesome dog phtograhy editing

[Dan74]

Hi guys,i'm trying to get similar images to a photographer i follow in instagram (seb.s.pfotografie)

Please see attached image, he does explain a bit on his post but it's in german!

Any help appreciated

Thanks

Dan

 

[Kaltenberg Mike]

Can you post or send me the text? I'm bilingual German/English, may be able to help.

 

[Kaltenberg Mike]

Ok, I looked it up on Instagram:

Lightroom (quick)

• increase brightness
• increase contrast - spot added more clarity and sharpness in the fur to increase the structure there
• background - spot lightening with brush and to create a bit of shine
• create a gentle vignette with the radial filter

Photoshop*

• Use the high pass* filter to increase the sharpness, since the dog wasn't completely in focus**
• Clean dog with stamp tool* to remove dirt etc.
• Mask out the dog
• Apply various layers, e.g. gradation curve, colour balance, brightness, contrast and gradient map*
• Apply a soft gradiant to the background with a large soft brush
• Added stock bokeh photo
• Change fill method to screen* and de-mask areas that shouldn't be visible???
• Dodge and burn (eyes and coat)
• Sharpen

*some of the tool names may not translate 100% - I don't own LR and only have PS Elements, so I'm guessing at some of the names. Check this out: https://www.drweb.de/photoshop-englisch-deutsch/
**don't shoot the translator - I know this doesn't work

 

[Dan74]

Thanks Mike that's very helpful

It was the stock bokeh photo that was throwing me!

Cheers

Dan