Three Beauties

Hannie · February 17, 2017, 09:22:23 AM

Lynn, I did sneaky Hannie things like copy part of his darker cheek and flipping it horizontally, paste then transform/stretch/erase/adjust tone some to fit the lighter cheek; Dodge/Burn with the 50% Gray Soft Light Layer.
(I am not careful when I do the latter, a slight Gaussian blur over the Layer Mask takes care of any harsh edges)

Hannie

Lynnya · February 17, 2017, 12:31:37 PM

Thanks Hannie for the "insider info"...How does this version look to you guys? I hid her hands a bit in the folds of her skirt... does it work better or not...

Lynnya · February 17, 2017, 12:42:10 PM

I fixed the boy in the back's eyes.. he looked a bit cross eyed so I filched from the original again...can you see anything else that needs attention please? Also fixed the boy in front's mouth.. it was too hard..

Shadow · February 18, 2017, 06:12:05 PM

Very nice Lynn! :up: :up:

Candice · February 19, 2017, 12:48:10 AM

Sweet kids!!

Mhayes · February 19, 2017, 04:36:53 PM

Lynn,

You have really done a great job on this one. The only thing that bothers me still is that the boy on your left has his face with a noticeable division between light/shadows. This is a studio photo and there would be lighting most likely on three sides and maybe above. Yes, there will be shadows that show the contours of the face, but not where you see the face divided in half. I worked a little on it and not perfect and on the right side of his face parts were totally blown out.

It could still be lighten some more--above brow and eye--but I have tried to remove the splitting of the face.

Other than that--great job!

Margie

Lynnya · February 19, 2017, 04:50:38 PM

Thanks Margie yes I see what you've done.. will go back and correct..

Lynnya · February 19, 2017, 05:01:49 PM

I'm not quitting til I get this right :crazy: Is this better? what more needs doing.. all comments welcome.. p.s. does this need to be lighter still?

Mhayes · February 19, 2017, 05:42:15 PM

Much better! I would do one more version and that is to have the left side as light as the right except for the shadows along the edges of his jaw, side of nose, a small shadow under his lips. See how it compares to this one.

Margie

Shadow · February 19, 2017, 06:17:13 PM

Great info Margie. Lynn, thank you so much for sharing this image and your process. Learning so much from all the feedback. :up:

Mhayes · February 19, 2017, 06:21:56 PM

Lyn, your last version would pass QC with no problem, but just had to play with it some more. One thing I also noticed is that the top of the boy's head the hair is colorless. Also, I notice the jawline by his ear on your right has a dark orange streak. Now my last playing with your restore before I totally ruin it and then tell you it was fine 3 revisions ago. :)

Margie

Lynnya · February 20, 2017, 08:41:03 AM

Lightened the boy's face, removed the orange line, colored the hair on top.. darkened under lips a tad..

How's it coming? I think all of Margie's suggestions have been great.. nice learning curve for me..

Shadow · February 20, 2017, 11:01:45 AM

You've made the most of Margie's suggestions. The image just keeps getting better :up:

Mhayes · February 20, 2017, 09:41:47 PM

Lyn, nice touch up. The one thing I did and forgot to mention is that I found the boy's face on the left to be too gray and on the right a better skin tone. So I sampled the color on the right side and then added a blank layer and changed the mode to color and painted on the left. You can test what opacity you want. But right now it looks pretty good!

Margie

Lynnya · February 21, 2017, 05:41:10 AM

this better Margie?