I heart faces photo challenge

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Edit me, week 26

This week's photo is such a cutie! Water and babies, just about the best thing in the world!

Here is the original shot by Stephanie Clark



 Here is my edited version. This week I didn't use PSE, but went to pic monkey. Not my normal edit, but I'm kind of liking it!



* First I cropped the photo
* then I used the clone tool, removed what was left of the arm on the woman, the yellow beind the babies ear, and I added more sparkle water from the background. I also removed the shado from the babies chest.
* I did a quick air brush on the chest and arms
* I chose the daguerreotype frame, and chose Shiro and faded it to 35%

I like the way the process made his skin creamy, and timeless.

Let me know what you think, I don't mind constructive critiques. They help me to improve.


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11 comments:

Ms. Becky said...

Ooh, I love what you did here. the vintage feel to it is wonderful. excellent job Mary Gene! happy day to you.

k*handtke said...

Love your vintage effect - so believable!

Elvira said...

Me too love the vintage feel..wonderful edit :)

The Artful Diva said...

What a sweet little baby - I want to pinch her chubby little cheek!

Katie said...

I love the vintage edit here! I need to try out pic monkey, I've been seeing such cool edits from there!

Melanie said...

I agree, LOVE the vintage look! I don't have anything constructive to say... you did a FAB job on removing the shadows on his chest!

JulieH said...

This is a great edit. Crazy about the texture!

Natasha Mairs - Serenity You said...

this is such a lovely edit

Diane said...

Love the tones and texture!

Deborah said...

fabulous vintage feel!

Sarah said...

I didn't even touch the shadows! Nice catch. What a cool effect. Totally could see pulling this out of an old box somewhere!!

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