Fix-It Friday #35

It's time for Fix-It Friday again! This is our chance to see and read about how the I ♥ Faces contributors would 'fix' this photo and then we get a chance to do the same!

Here is this week's before:

And my edits...

I still can't decide if I like this edit or not. There's something about it that I find interesting, but it's different than what I usually do. I looked up a cross-processing tutorial in my cs2 book a few weeks ago before editing a senior session. It's not a technique I usually use, but I thought something 'edgy' could be useful. I never did use it on any of the photos then, but I started really pushing around the curves when working with this photo and this is the result.

I started fresh after the curves bonanza and decided to add a slight blur and decrease the saturation. I adjusted the levels and that was it! The colors and look on her face remind me of the pure joy after a nice summer picnic and playtime at the park...she looks so happy!

The combination of pink and green is one of my favorites, so it almost felt wrong to even try black & white. I like it, but not as much as the color...which is not something I say very often!

Besides the change in colors, the main edit was only to rotate the photo and crop it. I also used the clone tool to add some of the sparkle from her right eye to the left. I sharpened the eyes a little and smoothed the skin slightly with the spot healing brush because it was nearly perfect as is...and that was it! I really liked the texture from the hair and grass around her face...it's just a really lovely photo!

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