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02/20/2009 06:37:35 PM |
| She is so very adorable! I like what you came up with. |
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02/16/2009 12:06:40 AM |
| Good job on the contrast and deepening the colors. You can bring back some of highlights in Photoshop RAW if all the channels are now blown out, but it looks like you'd be stuck in this instance. |
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02/14/2009 01:43:36 PM |
I agree with Deb, though I think painting with a lighter color might work too. The fuzzy hat is cute but I think you can keep attention on her face and deal with the blown highlights in the hat in one fell swoop by cropping the top off. If you crop it right, the remianing blown hat highlights get relegated to the background with the other blown areas and can be dealt with by painiting as described. Just another option.
I'll try to do a quick edit and post back...
ETA: As promised. Very quick and dirty, but it illustrates my proposed strategy.
Maybe the bokeh is still too distracting, but I think using too dark a color will make it look unnatural. I'm sure I can be proven wrong though...
Message edited by author 2009-02-14 13:50:51. |
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02/14/2009 02:08:53 AM |
| If the highlights are truly blown, the information simply isn't there to bring back. What you can do is create a bit of information, perhaps by using a brush and painting in a bit of color. But I don't think it's too bad on her hat in this one. The reflections in the background are more of a problem here and they could be fixed by painting a bit - create a new empty layer and pick a color like dark brown (you can use the eyedropper tool to pick a color from within the photograph, then paint over the highlights at about 50% opacity. Once you've done that (don't worry about missing a little here and there), add Gaussian blur to that layer and it will smooth out the edges for you. You can also change the opacity of that layer to tone it down a bit if needed. |
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02/11/2009 10:28:42 PM |
| I have the same iddue with the blown highlights and I still have not figured a way of correcting them in some less obvious way. I really like how much life you brought to her face. Really well done. I might crop this a little tighter to get rid of some of the white streaks. |
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02/11/2009 10:24:56 PM |
| This version has a lot more life. Nimue is a beautiful little girl and I really like her "silly" hat. |
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02/10/2009 08:13:07 PM |
| I thought the original photo was very flat, and this edit really brings out the colour well. Your daughter is very cute, and makes for a nice photo. |
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