Little Ones

Shadow · November 28, 2016, 05:13:23 PM

Hi Gang. Happy Monday to all! Here's a new one.

Tried a couple different methods for the overall color and the 2 bands of discoloration on the bottom. Settled for Levels - Alt click RGB in from the ends, B&W Green Filter with Yellow pushed to 145 and then a Curves layer to tweak the bottom band only.

Merged layers for Dust/Scratches Filter to level out some of the tiny shiny bits throughout the image. Merged the layers again for trusty healing tools and some copy/paste for a few of the stubborn edges. Copied the lower right corner onto a separate layer and used Gaussian blur. Any suggestions on how to improve this corner would be much appreciated!
Ended with a Dodge/Burn layer using paintbrush and black/white to tweak it a bit more.
All thoughts and feedback welcome. All that good food last week has me a bit muddled today ::)

Lynnya · November 29, 2016, 04:20:21 PM

Hi Shadow.. yes I 'm a bit muddled today as well :cool: I couldn't remember how to find neutral gray using difference... took a while for the penny to drop. I think your restore looks beautiful.. I was a bit distracted by the little girls hair in back and on top a bit now I look again.. I think it's damage but how to move forward I don't know.. anyhow, it's lovely. Nice job. :up: :up:

Shadow · November 29, 2016, 04:23:33 PM

I like that saying ... "took a while for the penny to drop" ... good one!
Thanks for your kind words and feedback. I thought the same thing about the hair and thought I would wait on feedback to see what wiser minds than mine thought :) Will go over it again and see what I can come up with.
Welcome Back!

Shadow · November 29, 2016, 04:59:32 PM

Lynn, my what great eyes you have! ;D Thanks for giving it a good look see.
See what you think of this. I dodged some of the dark area just above her shadow and beneath the hair and did some healing and dodging on the top as well. Just ck'd the preview and see 2 more dark spots on top - will address those as well. Hard to tell what is that fine little girl hair and what isn't about half way up.

Mhayes · November 29, 2016, 11:23:26 PM

Shadow, I think they look beautiful. :up: The only thing I might change would be on your right side by the little boy. The background is a shade darker and I would bring it down maybe to as low as his suspender on the other side. That way you won't have that triangle of white in that corner. It will also help define a little more of the boy's white shirt.

Margie

Shadow · November 30, 2016, 09:52:31 AM

Thanks Margie. Maybe something like this?

Lynnya · November 30, 2016, 10:00:55 AM

Looks great to me Lyn :up: :up:

Shadow · November 30, 2016, 10:08:43 AM

Thanks Lynn. Glad Margie caught that. I took the shading down a bit farther than she suggested and added your texture tip with the noise and pixelate on 50% gray.

Mhayes · November 30, 2016, 09:56:21 PM

Looks good to me too! Ready to send back. :up:

Margie

Shadow · December 01, 2016, 11:27:39 AM

Thank you Margie. I really appreciate your good eye :cool: and feedback. You and all the gang sharing your feedback and suggestions make my restores WAY better than they could be if it was just me. :hug: