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This week’s photo was submitted by Christina from 3 Sweet P’s. She wrote: “This is a photo of my 2 year-old Parker. I am bothered by the harsh shadow on his face and the washed out colors of the photo. His eyes are a beautiful blue and you just can’t see that. I would love to see what you guys can come up with!”

 

Original Photo:

I opened the original file in my favorite free editing program, GIMP. 

The washed out spot on the left side was really too washed out to fix.  I opted to crop in a modern square-shape.  I used the clone tool to touch up the red spots on his face.  I changed the hue and saturation in his eyes to bring out the beautiful blue.  Then I used auto level to bring out the rest of the colors.  The color fix made his face a little ruddy so I used FX Foundry’s Red Skin Fix.  I liked the colors when I deleted the top-most layer left by the fix. 

Voila…harsh shadow eliminated and blue eyes pop!

 

Another fix I like that doesn’t really address the submitter’s original concerns was this…

I think the soft light makes the harsh light fit better.

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