Blanket Baby

[Beth]

This is a tough one.  Any suggestions for improvement?

Original



WIP

[Shadow]

You are right ... what a tough one. I don't have the expertise to recommend anything. Just wanted to wish you good luck! Will be watching to see how it turns out.  :)

[Hannie]

Great job Beth and how brave you are!
No tips other than keeping the grass area soft to match the rest of the baby?

Hannie

[Beth]

Here's a second version.  I softened the entire photo a little more and tried to keep the baby and his surroundings balanced. Then I did some minor cloning including reshaping the top of the baby's head. I also did some burning on a new soft light layer filled with 50% gray because the whole thing looked washed out.

[Lynnya]

Hi Beth.. yes a toughie indeed.. I like the baby's face on the first version personally.. the second  looks a little chalky on my screen.

[Beth]

Lynnya,  Is this better?  I turned down the blending on the baby.

[Lynnya]

Beth.. looking on my phone ..looks very white..will look again tomorrow on decent monitor..

[Beth]

Tried to tone down the bright white blanket. It isn't easy to do.  I also added a little shadow under the front edge of the blanket to ground it.
I think I'm calling this one done. I'll see what they say when I upload it.

[kiska]

The border around the pic needs to be blown out white, 255,255,255.

[Mhayes]

Kiska's right and that is one reason when I crop that I leave the border. It is also one of the few times that I do use the white eye dropper.

Margie