Sun light casting shadow

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  jjbong Registered Users Posts: 244 Major grins

  April 16, 2008 edited April 16, 2008

  Codogg wrote:

  What can I do to lighten his face without washing out the photo?

  First, you need to get rid of the blue cast. After that, there are many ways to lighten the face. One is to make a selection, and use a curve or some other adjustment on it. I went a different route. After eliminating the blue cast with curves, I tried Shadow/Higlight, and it didn't do enough. So I did it "manually", using a Dan Margulis technique. Here's the result:
  
  If this is where you want to go, I can elaborate on how I got there.

  John Bongiovanni

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  wonkydogman2 Registered Users Posts: 2 Beginner grinner

  April 16, 2008 edited April 16, 2008

  Sun light casting shadow
  Great shot. Very expressive.
  This is what I tried with Photoshop CS2.
  Auto Levels.
  Then lightened the whole image till I liked the exposure of face.
  Then I used the "History Brush" (large brush) at 100% on everything but the face.
  Using "lasso" I selected the face and took a bit of red out.
  Used "unsharp mask" Amount 100% / Radius 1.0 pixels / Threshold 4 levels.
  Hope it helps ( and looks ok )

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  Codogg Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins

  April 17, 2008 edited April 17, 2008

  wonkydogman2 wrote:

  Great shot. Very expressive.
  This is what I tried with Photoshop CS2.
  Auto Levels.
  Then lightened the whole image till I liked the exposure of face.
  Then I used the "History Brush" (large brush) at 100% on everything but the face.
  Using "lasso" I selected the face and took a bit of red out.
  Used "unsharp mask" Amount 100% / Radius 1.0 pixels / Threshold 4 levels.
  Hope it helps ( and looks ok )

  
  Wow...that looks great. Thanks.

  Thanks,
  Cody ><>
  
  www.finishlinefotos.com

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