It is Constructive Feedback Friday over at I Heart Faces! Basically, you get to post a photo and get some feedback to help you make your editing / photos better. Here is the copy of the photo that I edited for this.
For this photo I am not sure of all that I did. I didn't do a lot to this one because I wasn't really sure what to do. I was just playing around with some actions (Pioneer Woman's Sunshine Action) and the contrast, I think.
This is the original:
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I like the sunlight behind her and the image itself, but I don't like the overall coloring of the picture.
f/5; 1/40 sec; ISO 400; 35 mm & I use Photoshop CS2.
Thanks for any advice on improvements!!!
3 comments:
I like the light on her hair too, and I have a photo very similar to this that I altered into sepia. It made the harsh colours dissapear and really brought out the highlights in the hair.
I tend to try and fix images in camera at shoot rather than on the computer, so if i'd take this pic I might think about using a reflector to get a little more light on the face next time. You can make a reflector from a solid bit of white card and get your subject to hold it or prop it up on a chair next to them.
Hope those are useful.
Feel free to contact me if you would like.
Charlie
Hi!
She is beautiful. I love her carefree hair and attitude :).
To edit this one, I selected the darker portions of her face and neck and lightened them individually. On way you could have achieved this sooc is to use a reflector. As it was the ground was reflecting sunlight up on her face that created the "spooky" lighting from below that you got here. Think of flashlights at Halloween while telling spooky stories.
Color: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/NanasMama/Dec2820098editweb.jpg
BW: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y286/NanasMama/Dec2820098editwebbw.jpg
Have fun taking pictures!
AJ
I thought I'd come to the back of the line to see how things were going back here. :)
I agree with you that the overall color needs an adjustment. I love her tossled hair highlighted by the sun. Such a beautiful girl!
I hope you don't mind but I did a quick edit of your picture:
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m442/2spottedrats/Dec_28_2009_8.jpg
Here's what I did:
1) Used the Healing brush to remove the dark circles under her eyes.
2) Gaussian blur to de-emphasize the background.
3) Ran PW Bring Out The Eyes - 20%.
4) Brought up the Exposure +40.
5) Curves Adjustment to lighten some more.
6) Leveled to bring up midtones more.
7) Selective Color adjustment added tiny bit of cyan to red to reduce redness in her face/moved black up in neutrals & blacks to put some darkness back in her hair. (I love this adjustment tool!)
8) I ran PW Sunshine since you did in your edit. I think it was a good choice. :) I do believe I reduced the red channel under "Warmness" in thsi action.
9) Added Florabella Lavender Tint @ 10%.
I'm by no means an expert at all this so my workflow probably looks wacky. I just get in there and start playing with stuff when I don't know what to do. Kinda what I did here. :)
You caught a very natural look here. Good job!
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