Damien Symonds

The sand won't give a blackened effect like in your sample photo, but it's worth a try.

Yes, that might work too. Yes, the background. It would be best if you had a photo with the massive sun flare on their heads too; or else find a different example photo without it.

Yes, that might be better.

I WANT YOU TO FOLLOW GUIDELINE NUMBER THREE.

Please?

Guideline Number 3.

That's probably because there is no edit data in the xmp files. It sounds like you didn't have this turned on in LR? Three reasons to enable XMP files in Lightroom Classic - Photofocus

I'm not sure why it's not in your trash, sorry. That's exactly what it does on mine.

Yes. You need to free up a LOT of space on your hard drive.

Not enough to make a real-world difference.

Of course it's too noisy. You'll need to fix that in your raw processing as usual.

That one is excellent.

Yeah, that's very very bad. https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

Screenshot please.

https://www.damiensymonds.net/calibration-instructions/

It's not good, is it

Don't worry, most people for whom English IS their first language would make the same error.

By the way, here's your nerdy trivia for the day ... the word is "piqued".

I don't know why you're so obsessed with this? He just added a black Solid Color layer then masked it around the boy. It's kindergarten Photoshop. He used the Shift key of course. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/10/shift-while-brushing.html

Have you followed ALL the instructions here? Including clicked on the "Click to read detailed instructions" part?

Did you scroll all the way down to the bottom?

What aspect of the edit are you unclear on?

https://ask.damiensymonds.net/topic/24536-bridge-signup-3/