coracao
by MistahT

Comment:
Thanks for the nice feedback on my first entry everyone! :D

This picture was taken around noon using natural light through the window at Betis Church, Pampanga in the Philippines. As far as editing goes my initial steps consisted of bringing out the details and balancing the light using highlights and shadows in Lightroom, and then adding some clarity.

I've achieved the painterly look mostly by using colour balance layers in photoshop and selectively darkened and blurred areas using a few layer masks with a multiply blend mode & strong gaussian blur (making sure to keep detail in the shadows).

As a final touch I've done some light dodging and burning to enhance the costumes and facial features a little and reduced the saturation of orange and red skin tones.

- T