Meet the Zwart Family! When I first read about them over on Angie’s site, it broke my heart. I can not even imagine what this family is facing in the very near future and my heart is breaking for these children. I would never [and I imagine most of us feel the same way] want to walk down the path they are walking down right now. I think about my own daughter and family, and can’t even fathom the possibility of losing her or [even worse] her losing one of us!
If you have a moment, check out their websites and leave a comment if you feel so inclined. I am sure they can use as many kind words as possible right now. Wouldn’t it be cool if they were inundated with thoughts and prayers from [distant and unknown] internet family!
Anyway, the Fix-It Friday photo for this week is of the Zwart Family!
Here is the original image downloaded from Flickr:
It’s not bad, but I knew I wanted to make it pop. I wanted richer color and less “haze” [I know that’s not the technical word, but the best I can come up with right now].
Here is Fix 1: Basic fix…even used the Auto Fix feature in PSE 5.0. Then I added a Soft Light layer with opacity at 50%.
Better…but still not what I was going for…
Fix 2 – For this one, I applied the Moody Pop Action from Coffee Shop and lowered the opacity quite a bit.
Fix 3 – I used Coffee Shop Strawberry Glaze for this one. I like the effect, but it still didn’t have the “WOW” factor for me.
Fix 4 – Creamy Chocolate Action from Coffee Shop. I bumped the brown tones up and increased opacity to 85%. I think this is one of my favorite Actions.
Fix 5 – Back to my own edits…no Actions to help out. I still wanted more pop. So I created a layer and applied the Equalize filter. This is what I was going for…
Fix 6 – And finally, a crop! And I added a vignette with Picnik.
Make sure to check out the other fixes over at iheartfaces! And please add this family to your prayer list!
2 comments:
It was fun for me to read your post after each edit. I am still learning to use editing software, and I so often think "Oh. That isn't what I was hoping that would do." LOL I like your final outcome. Creative cropping can add so much interest to a photo.
I did this one too :D I love you edit!
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