I ♥ Faces - "Hands On" Challenge

It is funny that this week's challenge is "Hands On" since I have been photographing details lately.  This is one of my favorite "hands" photo.  Although I am partial since it is my boy's.

Front Yard Friends

We had a beautiful day here today, so I took advantage and photographed these adorable front yard friends.

I ♥ Faces - Fix It Friday #44

Fun with Fix it Friday!  I was challenged by this photo.  Underexposed and over exposed photos are the hardest to correct, in my opinion. 

I started by cropping the photo to make the focus the sweet little girl.  I adjusted the levels to fix the underexposure.  Then I added lens flair above the house in the back and a 12:00 spotlight above the girl. I added a soft light layer at 50% and sharpened a little.  Here is the side by side comparison.  My edit is on the left.

Details - Swimmer

Details - Piano

Details - G-man

Details - Legos

Details - Valentine's Day

Fix it Friday #43

Original

I opened the photo in Elements 6 and cropped it in tighter.  I ran Coffee Shops Baby Powder Room and enhanced her eyes.  I, then, lightened her skin on the left side of her face to compensate for the excessive shadow.  I created an adjustment layer, sampling a color from the bottom corner and created a vignette around the perimeter to get rid of the stair railing.  

Such beautiful eyes!

For the next edit I only ran DPM's Oh the Drama and then cloned out the stair railing.  I love the haunting feel.

This one scares me just a little...

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