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>> Anonymous
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This is the original.

I suck at pp, so please show me what you would do, and up the result.

I just "played" with the curves in the OP pic.

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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>231059
I'm kinda happy with this.
But is the contrast too high? And yeah, I know the flower is blown.
>> Anonymous
you are learning, good show sir

next on your list should be layer adjustment levels or layer masks
>> hV !!RUXElHyppVl
>>231059
The main things you should stick with as a beginner are "Levels" and "Shadows/Highlights" just to get as much detail as possible to show up. Don't make it look too unrealistic and then when you get the hang of what you're doing try experiment.
>> Anonymous
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Think I'm on the right track now.

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>> Anonymous
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original

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