Here is what I did with my edit. I first opened the photo in ACR and increased the exposure and fill light a bit, using recovery and blacks to bring it to where it looked right to me. I then opened it in CS5 cropped it, and ran Coffee Shop's Powder Room action. I used various layers from the action, adjusting the opacity of each. Included was an eye defining and sharpening, skin softening and a skin lightening layer. I flattened the image and used the patch tool to take out the dark circles under her eyes. I then used another action to whiten the whites of her eyes and take out the red a bit. I also took some of the red out of her skin. Finally, I used Florabella's Cosmo action and adjusted or deleted various layers.
She is just too cute..and I love the photo, too..such a sweet pose.
Here is the original that I had to work with:
Be sure to check out some of the other fun edits today and thanks for stopping by!
Wow Lisa! This looks amazing! Great job!
ReplyDeleteso sweet! great crop!
ReplyDeleteVery nice job!!!
ReplyDeletelove your colorful edit!
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful! I just entered for the first time too - can't wait till next week!
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous! Love it : )
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! I love her eyes! Did you use a specific action for the eyes?? I'm using CS5 too!
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I love what you did to her skin. It's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove the vibrancy! This too is my first FIF
ReplyDeleteThat is gorgeous! You've done an amazing job :)
ReplyDeleteGreat edit! I love how it pops, and the crop is great too!
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