There weren't much damages on the body of the baby but the color correction was a challenge and the background of the lower half had lots of damages once the orange muck was removed. Please give me your comments and suggestions. Thanks.
(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z298/schen_album/OPR065-1.jpg)
Wow Shujen, what a beautiful background you have on this one, NOT! I'm not sure how large this photo is, but the first thing I would do is take the ruler and straighten the photo up so that it doesn't look like the kid is going to slide off the chair. ;D Then I would crop in close and not include the flooring. If this is a very small photo, that might not work. I think you have done a good job on the color correcting especially for the skin color. The paneling is really ugly, but that is not your fault. Also, when I downloaded your photo, the colors were darker and richer than what are showing online.
Margie
I tried to make the t-shirt the white balance point. I ran a noise reduction filter to get some of the spotting out and then a despeckle for and extra boost. I completely desaturated the greens and lowered the saturation of the cyans, blues, purples, and magentas and finally tweeked the red and yellow a bit. All the circles need to be looked at. I did a quick clone in the bottom circle but it seems to be a lot darker than originally done.
Gary
(http://api.photoshop.com/home_c865cc22f3514db7b779d72475e7b5ff/adobe-px-assets/06cac99a96034cb68404ec35ffa71040)
Marge, It did cross my mind to straighten the image and remove the ugly background. But the original was only 4x5. Instead, I spent hours restoring the chair and the ugly floor.
Gary, thanks for picking out the areas that I glossed over. I will have to work on them more. I do not think the T-shirt was white because the shoes are whiter than the T-shirt.
(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z298/schen_album/OPR065-2.jpg)
Shujen, I like this version a lot better, but what a shame to loose the ugly floor. ;D I agree about the T-shirt and if you made it the white balance point, you would have blown the highlights.
Margie
Quote from: MarCat on February 06, 2009, 06:39:00 PM
the first thing I would do is take the ruler and straighten the photo up
OMG Margie please don't get going on the ruler again! :crazy:
MJ, hush! You don't know how long I have waited in the shadows hoping to use this helpful bit of advice. Just because you had a bad experience with my ruler instructions, doesn't mean the next victim, I mean volunteer, might have a glowing experience! >:D
Margie
Margie,
I used the ruler and straightened the image and cleaned up the background and carpet. Hope you approve.
(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z298/schen_album/GoffB_18_4x5Ncopy.jpg)
He now looks firmly seated and quite lovely! Nice job on the background :up:
MJ
Wow, I didn't see the wall paper at all in the original. I saw wall paneling. :D
You ought to do the other picture of this little guy: GoffB_15_3x4.jpg
I just saw him in the gallery. ;)
I looked up the internet for the most outrageous wallpaper pattern and was waiting for Margie to scream. :mad:
Quotewas waiting for Margie to scream.
:funny:
I sneak out for a game of golf with the temps in the 70s and what happens when I come back? I am thinking of another use for the ruler! :knuppel:
Shujen, you are very, very, bad! Creative, yes! :funny:
Margie
Love the wallpaper. Can I order a couple of rolls??
Christine
Vignettes and wallpaper, bad, bad Shujen! You had us all worried for a while!
Now we are seriously going to have to think up an appropriate punishment, maybe restore every photo left in Margie's gallery? :knuppel:
Hannie