Need help achieving a certain post processing look

[.:IceMan:.]

So I am looking for some help in achieving a particular style that I like in post processing. Below is an image that has that look and I was wondering how it was achieved. Is it undersaturated a bit? whats going on with this post process wise since I am such a noob when it comes to this.

[p27rpy]

Looks like they used Lightroom for processing. The data is stored in the exif. Here are the settings used:

Color Temperature 5,736
Tint +29
Exposure -0.65
Shadows 7
Brightness +55
Luminance Smoothing 0
Color Noise Reduction 25
Chromatic Aberration R 0
Chromatic Aberration B 0
Vignette Amount 0
Shadow Tint -37
Red Hue 0
Red Saturation 0
Green Hue +35
Green Saturation 0
Blue Hue -37
Blue Saturation +41
Fill Light 69
Vibrance -42
Highlight Recovery 15
Clarity +3
Defringe 0
Hue Adjustment Red +15
Hue Adjustment Orange +13
Hue Adjustment Yellow +12
Hue Adjustment Green +4
Hue Adjustment Aqua 0
Hue Adjustment Blue 0
Hue Adjustment Purple 0
Hue Adjustment Magenta 0
Saturation Adjustment Red +19
Saturation Adjustment Orange +60
Saturation Adjustment Yellow +40
Saturation Adjustment Green +35
Saturation Adjustment Aqua +25
Saturation Adjustment Blue +19
Saturation Adjustment Magenta 0
Luminance Adjustment Red 0
Luminance Adjustment Orange +20
Luminance Adjustment Yellow 0
Luminance Adjustment Green 0
Luminance Adjustment Aqua 0
Luminance Adjustment Blue +31
Luminance Adjustment Purple 0
Luminance Adjustment Magenta 0
Split Toning Shadow Hue 236
Split Toning Shadow Saturation 40
Split Toning Highlight Saturation 16
Split Toning Balance +60
Parametric Shadows -21
Parametric Darks -9
Parametric Lights +19
Parametric Highlights +10
Parametric Shadow Split 25
Parametric Midtone Split 50
Parametric Highlight Split 75
Sharpen Radius +1.0
Post Crop Vignette Amount -56
Post Crop Vignette Midpoint 59
Post Crop Vignette Feather 81
Post Crop Vignette Roundness +60
Post Crop Vignette Style 2
Post Crop Vignette Highlight Contrast 0
Grain Amount 0
Color Noise Reduction Detail 50
Lens Profile Enable 0
Lens Manual Distortion Amount 0

It looks like he bumped up the blue tones quite a bit, and sharpened the image, adding some soft vignette. Just play around with the settings if you have Lightroom and you should be able to get a similar result.

[.:IceMan:.]

Appreciate the help man. I do have lightroom and I am going to try this settings out and see what comes out. Is it possible to apply the EXIF file without having to tweak each setting manually in lightroom?

[p27rpy]

hmm...i don't think so man. you're on your own on that one!

[Slappy]

Theo already gotcha taken care. Show us a before and after once you process one to your liking.

[.:IceMan:.]

Been messing around with these settings and I think I am missing an ingredient that might not be displayed in the above settings. His shadow split tone is throwing it into a dark blue tone as you said theo. But I think the information is missing the highlight split tone settings because it gives you the saturation for it but no value for the color. He pushed the split tone away from the blue side into the highlight side...I think thats why its missing the look I want...Heres an image with more or less the same settings:



What do you think?

[tukanisvt]

I think it's too bright to follow the same look.

-Ray-

[p27rpy]

i agree, it's too bright and needs more of a blue cast. right now it is a lot more yellow than the look you're trying to achieve. it also looks like he sharpens the photos A LOT. i'll give it a try today and see what i can come up with.

[Costas]

it's gonna be hard to achieve the same look with your photo i think, just because it's two completely different environments

[.:IceMan:.]

appreciate the feedback Theo, looking forward to see what you come up with.

Costa, maybe if I try shooting in a more urban environment I might get the same look.