Editing advice

Juano

I shot this in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. Not sure how to treat the bottom right corner. I already opened shadows and other stuff, a crop was not appealing. Thoughts?

OrvSal

If you have Photo shop or similar, try the shadows/highlight setting and just adjust the shadows to the point they are not eliminated but still mailtain a good balance.

Richard

I wouldn't crop it but try to lighten the shadows in the lower right. I sent you a rough edit.

Juano

@Richard said:
I wouldn't crop it but try to lighten the shadows in the lower right. I sent you a rough edit.

Thanks Richard. I will try your suggestion. Thanks

Cornflake

Richard's advice will probably be better than mine. I'd consider darkening the area until the details are barely there. That's not where you want viewers to be looking.

black mamba

I knew that this subject could rattle the bushes. I love it. I originally thought of approaching it with the " lighten the dark area " idea. However, Don's idea also has a lot of merit. It would certainly add a good dose of drama and intrigue. Artistically, that's the way I'd go. But I think the other approach is probably more in line with Cristóbal's intent. Either way, I'm just excited to see discussion break out about the posting. And the beauty of the whole thing is that there are no losers or winners.

Juano

Thanks everyone, I went with Richard's idea and this is the result.

Original

Final

black mamba

Well done on the adjustment. Depending on the software, you could have gotten a little more shadow relief. But you then enter the arena where you might have to start dancing with some other adjustments. I think you're at a good spot here. BTW...I like your interpretation of the scene that was presented to you.

Juano

Thanks Tom.

El Gato

Cristóbal....

Well done on the final re-work. A very nice shot.

Another approach, albeit, when first encountering the scene and composing the shot is to consider a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image. Or at least taking one (or two) exposure shots one (or two) steps both lower and then higher. In post combine the individual shots and see if this addresses the deep shadow issue.

End of day, I like the resulting image!! Well done!

Juano

Good idea ! I'll give it a try..