Fundoshi Rehash 13 - Blue Gauze Part 2

Ah - the dots and dashes blue gauze fundoshi originally seen here and here. For the extra photos in part one, I pumped up the brightness and color. Today, I see how to make it a bit of a darker shoot, but retain the vibrancy of the colors.

 

 

 

I started out with the obvious - decrease the exposure and brightness a bit. I increased the blacks, and master contrast as well as turned up the saturation a little. I turned down the highlights so I wouldn't have any white blow-outs in the photos as I continued by playing with the color settings for the blues.  I softened the background, then finally applied a slight fade and a boost. I know that sounds a bit redundant, but it gave me the contrast between the background and foreground I wanted. 

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