Fundoshi Rehash 19 - Patterned in Black Gauze Part 1

The surplus photos used in today's rehash are the extra shots from the shoot originally seen here,  here and here. Even after 3 blogs, I still had extra shots to show!

Since I like this black and white pattern so much, I wanted to see how much of a blow-out I could get to minimize the background and the body, while still being interesting to look at. I must be getting a bit better at the post-production stuff as the desired look took a quick adjustment to only 2 different settings.

Here is the original.

 I then increased the exposure and the black point. This was close, but I wasn't pleased with the skin tones. 

 The saturation was decreased and the definition was increased, and I was pleased!

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