POTD – March 12, 2010
Missed a day…but here we are at Friday and it’s time for Fix It Friday over at iheartfaces. This week’s photo needed some adjustments. It was under-exposed, but not impossible to fix.
Here is the original:
For my first fix, I just wanted to lighten it up a bit. I also cropped it and cloned part of the little girl’s arm. Once lightened it had an obvious color cast that I then corrected. That gave me a better palette to work with.
Fix 1:
Much better…but there was still work to be done. I reduced the noise and applied Perfect Portrait [a CoffeeShop Action] to the photo. Then, the dark circles under the eyes were bothering me so I touched those up. Personally, I’m not a 100% happy with how they turned out, but they are better. There were also a few stray hairs that really stood out so I got rid of them.
Fix:2
Then for fun, here are a few more.
Fix 3: Increased blur in the background
Fix 4: Selective coloring on the pinball machine
And finally, I used Picnik to give it a vintage look:
Check out some of the other “takes” on this photo over at iheartfaces…there are some seriously talented photo editors over there.
3 comments:
Clearly you're a talented editor yourself! Thanks for sharing what you used!
3 is my favorite...great work!
Very nice edits. I like the blurred backgroud one!
These are some fun edits! I particularly like the selective color, where you highlight the pinball machine that's got her so captivated.
Here is what I did.
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