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gubbs

I've been trying to sort out some shots for Christmas presents, these were taken when my 80 yr old Mum came to stay a couple of months ago. She was playing with my daughter (Evie) in the garden, when Mum got worn out and decided to go in, Evie was disappointed :cry


Until Mum decided to come back :clap

and play again :lynnma


I was thinking of giving these three framed as a montage to my mum, if only I could make up my mind on how to lay them out :dunno

System

love the muted (subdued? desaturated?) colors-

and a very cute girl-

amscout

awww, she's beautiful, and you captured her emotions wonderfully. i'd put them in a 3 pic frame in the order you have posted them...

Andy

Wow! She's grown

Gorgeous child, Gubbsie!

leaforte

Wow! Cute x 10. #1 is a very nice shot. I'm not technically enabled enough to say how good, but it is quite pleasing to my eyes. Thanks for sharing.

gubbs

Thanks for all the comments, she's very cute and very expressive at the moment

Angelo

beautiful little girl!!!

I love #3 best.


How about cropping all three to match #3 and frame as a simple triptych?

Art Scott

Angelo wrote:

How about cropping all three to match #3 and frame as a simple triptych?

A fantastic series of shots and I gree with Angelo on the framing, unless unless you want the unbalanced look created by different crop sizes, which there is nothing in the world wrong with...as we know childhood and life are not always a balanced meal.....:D

gubbs

I think you're right, I've ordered the 3 as 10x8's... Thanks!!

joshhuntnm

Great shot
WOW!

The subdued color, expression, out of focus background. . . great!

gubbs

joshhuntnm wrote:

WOW!

The subdued color, expression, out of focus background. . . great!

Thanks Josh, much apreciated

joshhuntnm

How did you get the color to look like that? it is really cool. I tried on one of my shots and couldn't get it to look near that cool.

gubbs

joshhuntnm wrote:

How did you get the color to look like that? it is really cool. I tried on one of my shots and couldn't get it to look near that cool.

Using PS

1. Copied the original layer
2. Applied gaussian blur set at 30 ish pixels and turned the opacity down to 34% masking off the eyes
3. Hue and saturation layer using the same mask with the saturation set at -40
4. A slight curves adjustment
5. A small amount of USM applied to the eyes and that's it

It's very quick an easy especially if you set up an action to handle it, I did one more as an example

Phyxius

gubbs wrote:

Using PS

1. Copied the original layer
2. Applied gaussian blur set at 30 ish pixels and turned the opacity down to 34% masking off the eyes
3. Hue and saturation layer using the same mask with the saturation set at -40
4. A slight curves adjustment
5. A small amount of USM applied to the eyes and that's it

AWESOME!! I just did one for fun. Thanks so much for the steps, this is a terrific process!

Your shots are gorgeous, I'm sure they'll be a beloved present for years to come!