It's Friday! I totally missed last Friday's "Fix it"! Friday just came and went like that, with a big move, school and work, unfortunately life gets away from me sometimes.
This Friday I had to get back into the swing of things, I love that each image has its challenges, and the little details that you fall in love with, and how editing can help bring all that to life.
This is the original image, a little dark but the composition and the solar flare are darling. My goal was to warm it up a bit, draw a little more attention to the subject, while flattering the light that was coming in.
I lightened up the images using Exposure and Levels adjustment Layers. From there I worked on the coloring a bit, using a Blue layer set to "Exclusion", and a Warming filter. Next I wanted to bring out the subject a bit more, so I created a Soft Light layer, filled in with 50% neutral gray, and used a white brush as a low opacity to bring up the lighting on the boys face. I prefer this to the dodge and burn tool, as it is non destructive, and you have a lot of control over the results. My final touch was clone stamping (On a separate layer!) out the solar flare on the bottom right, then dropped the opacity of that layer. This way the flare was still there very lightly.
Although I did lose some detail in the sky, I am very pleased with this image, it has such a calm summery feel to it, you can almost feel the sunlight on the boys skin as you wonder what has him so deep in thought.
I would love to hear your comments and feedback! How would you go about your Fix it?
This Friday I had to get back into the swing of things, I love that each image has its challenges, and the little details that you fall in love with, and how editing can help bring all that to life.
This is the original image, a little dark but the composition and the solar flare are darling. My goal was to warm it up a bit, draw a little more attention to the subject, while flattering the light that was coming in.
I lightened up the images using Exposure and Levels adjustment Layers. From there I worked on the coloring a bit, using a Blue layer set to "Exclusion", and a Warming filter. Next I wanted to bring out the subject a bit more, so I created a Soft Light layer, filled in with 50% neutral gray, and used a white brush as a low opacity to bring up the lighting on the boys face. I prefer this to the dodge and burn tool, as it is non destructive, and you have a lot of control over the results. My final touch was clone stamping (On a separate layer!) out the solar flare on the bottom right, then dropped the opacity of that layer. This way the flare was still there very lightly.
Although I did lose some detail in the sky, I am very pleased with this image, it has such a calm summery feel to it, you can almost feel the sunlight on the boys skin as you wonder what has him so deep in thought.
I would love to hear your comments and feedback! How would you go about your Fix it?
Until Next Friday <3
Taylor Jade
OK so I did this image too (finally) lol! and I have to agree it was challenging. You did a great job! The lighting in your edit gives this picture a morning feel to it. Light and pretty! :-)
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