Fundoshi Rehash 15 - Teal Voile Part 2

The original photos for this lovely teal fundoshi made of voile can be seen here and here. In the last post-production blitz on the never-before seen extra photos, I tried to make the lighting and color look a bit more natural than the original. 

Today, I do some laborious, but satisfying post-production to highlight the color in the fundoshi. This meant using some filters to heighten the color a bit. The four shots below show the progression from the original to getting the fundoshi's color ultra saturated. I played with saturation, black point, highlights and shadows as well as bumping up the blues a bit. 

 

 

This photo shoes the result of the filters. I was satisfied with the fundoshi, but it did leave the skin tones a bit unsightly. Since my intent is always to show off the fundoshi, I applied a black and white filter, then erased the black and white from the areas of the fundoshi.

I've done this before, and it takes time, patience and a steady hand. I like the results so much, there are a lot of photos for you to go through!

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