Ideas.. for fixing this pic

GemGem

Hi!

I took some pictures of my niece and would like to make a story board for my sister in law.

I REALLY like this picture. have not figure out how to lower the overexposure on her face, but I still like the pic.what bother me is silly me, pointed the flash right at the fireplace! this is what I could do to make it a lil' less obvious.. I wanted to upload more than one pic to this same thread, but couldn't figure out how. . I guess today is my day!! ha!

Ideas, suggestions..

Thank you!

jjbong

GemGem wrote:

Hi!

Ideas, suggestions..

Thank you!

Here is my attempt, which took just a few minutes:




What I did:

1. Added a layer in Luminosity mode.
2. On that layer, I blended the merged Blue channel into the Red channel, 100%
I also then blended the merged Blue channel into the Green channel, darken mode, 30%
This restored some shape to the face and some detail to the hair. The background
lost detail, but I assume this to be unimportant.
3. I did a quick Clone Stamp on the background to get rid of the flash artifact. This was
fairly easy, due to the texture in that area.
4. I added a Curves adjustment layer, and lightened both the Red and Green channels, and then
steepened them a bit to add some contrast into the face and hair.

du8die

Here's my attempt...

Created a new layer (Using the Layer > New, not the new layer button in the layers palette.) On the "new Layer" dialog, set the mode to "Soft Light" and check the "Fill with soft-light-neutral color (50% gray)." Then used the dodge tool to tone down the face and mantle.

That's all...

joshhuntnm

another quick and easier way is with levels. move the middle slider to taste.

GemGem

Thank you guys!

joshhuntnm wrote:

another quick and easier way is with levels. move the middle slider to taste.

Thank you both for your replies and suggestions.. I will play around with it more.. Oh photoshop, what would we do w.o you!!

Have an awesome Thanksgiving!!
GG