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The darkside
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Interesting image but very dark eaglem, particularly against the white background of my browser. It looks better against the dark background I get if I click on the image. I think I'd like to see the highlights (?) a little brighter without losing the dark shadows and background and velvety look. -
100% what Alan said eaglem. I do get your approach on this but a tad brighter on the reds only would make it pop. Just a Curves Layer and on the RED channel, slide the White Input Slider to around 100. That way you don't change the darks. Others may chime in with their own ideas.
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Dodge tool is really not for that but if it works - well and good. With dodge and burn try using new 50% grey layers. Set Dodge to OVERLAY and the Burn to SOFT LIGHT. Use a soft brush (20% Opacity / 20% Flow) and paint with White on Dodge layer and Black on Burn layer. I wrote an action which creates the layers in a group and sets the brush to the right settings - if you want it grab it here: https://www.isacimages.com/Photoshop-Actions.html it in the Luminosity Masks action set. It is a non destructive method.
Also next time, try the Curves, it's very powerful.
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