Ferg's enlightenments
 

Sometimes I come across a pic here on OCC of a nice lady, and whilst the shot is essentially good, the the exposure is all wrong with excessive backlighting or a a big shift in colour. I will often quickly drop these into Photoshop and adjust them so I can get a better view. I’ve even shared one or two back into the original thread, but mainly I clear them out after a week or two.
I thought maybe it might be better to share them here in one thread rather than clutter the original threads with single posts.
So although reposts are frowned upon somewhat, these are actually original in this form and I hope you’ll agree better.
Here’s the first batch of 6 and if it goes OK I’ll add some every week or so.
If you think it’s a waste of time let me know and I’ll knock it on the head, no hard feelings!

More
 

Just another more easy-to-see batch

More
 

This weeks batch....

10 more for yoy
 

The geek in me also makes the horizon horizontal occasionally..

This week's selection...

Christmas bonus
 

Shout out to Bigot here for this post
https://forum.oneclickchicks.com/sho...3&postcount=22

Fabulous mature -140 artistic pics with a lot of silhouette and shadow.
I've just taken a sample and edited them to show a bit more detail. Not so artistic but I hope you like them.

I think this Flickr member reports her photos for removal, so don't be surprised if they disappear. I cannot keep them all in my head.

Christmas bonus +
 

Ok just a variation for the holiday season, some of our favourite Silke, lightened to show some detail, a couple of vintage with some extra cleanup, and in homage to one of my favourirte threads, a couple from the very first page of
Polaroids and Old pics.

Just a few more for this week to remind us the days are getting longer and brighter

Happy New Year
 

First bright batch of the new year

More for this week

originals mostly affected by strong backlighting

A bonus batch for the weekend

Running a bit late this week but here they are. Included a still of Mrs Naakstel and needed to try to remove blur from the towel girl but think the facial expression is worth the effort!

Just another bright batch plus a bit of work on colour correction and the polaroid, enjoy,
I may wrap up this thread in the spring as the days get longer.
Let me know if you have any pics that need a bit of work included before then.

Just a few more to brighten the winter days...

It surprises me which ones get the most views, so let me know if there is anything you like/don't like

Let there be light

Weekend bonus
 

Thanks to Biglot who posted the zip 'Sweet Natural Housewife'

Understandably her husband suffered from a shaky hand and one or two were a bit dark so
I cleaned up some of the best, well, most naked pics.

Just another batch lightened into view.
Love the two vintage ladies in B and W. Could be your Auntie, or the neighbour your mum would chat to over the back fence.

Spring is here
 

Well this thread has been about brightening things up, and speaking of which, 20 March (just over 2 weeks away) is a special day because it's the spring equinox, and those of us it the Northern Hemispere will start to get more daylight than darkness. It also means that I will spend less time on OCC because there will be vegetation to deal with, and the air will be filled with the smell diesel and 2-stroke.

So though I am not stopping the posts here, they will be a little less regular.
If however you find a photo that is terribly dark, or that horrible tellow or orange colour, and think it could do with a bit of attention, you can post it here or PM with it's location and I'll happily oblige.

I will check in here most days over an early morning coffee so I'll pick up on any messages.

Equally, I'm happy for others to post adjusted photos here, just stay on topic, it's brightening very dark pics, or resetting heavy colour distortions or aberrations. This is not just for the sake of it, only if it makes a real improvement.

... and remember it's in the softcore forum.

In the meantime, more illumination! -

Thanks
 

Your Photoshop skill is greatly appreciated.

Thread revival
 

I thought I'd post a few over the holiday period. As before these are pics from OCC that I thought needed a little TLC because they were dark, faded, damaged or had a huge colour shift.
I'm not doing a 'before' and 'after' pairing as it wastes space, just trust me these are an improvement on the original.

I didn't keep track of the threads they came from but a big thanks to all posters. If you don't want any of your photos reposted then hit the report button, but also PM me so I know not to do it again.
If you've got any photos that you think would benefit from a clean up, let me know.
Enough talk - Photos