My first post here...

[kensphotos]

Looking at the work by everyone here is fun (and a bit intimidating, too). I took the before and after of my granddaughter a couple weeks ago with my 40D and 50 1.4. I liked the image pretty much unchanged, but played with saturation, softening, etc., to come up with the second version. Comments and your versions welcomed.

[FocusingOnFlorida]

Cute girl. I like your first version better. I'm surprised nobody took you up on this. I will try to give it a whirl later.

[FocusingOnFlorida]

What the heck, I figured I would give it a quick shot.

Increased midtones, saturation by about 16, slight adjust to contrast and highlights, Dodged hair highlights slightly. That's about it. Forgot, just a little sharpening.

[Lee4145]

Another try. Curves adjustment in each channel. Sharpen eyes and collar a tiny bit. Dodged eyes a bit.

Second is just a channel mixer conversion of the first at 30, 50, 40.

[FocusingOnFlorida]

Nice Lee. Good call on the B&W.

[kombizz]

it would be to find out what would be wrong with her eyes b4 we operate her withps surgical tools!

[freesoul]

Here is my try

[kensphotos]

Great work by everyone. I like the black and white versions very much.

[ZeroOne86]

Here's my try
-Warming photo filter
-Levels
-Hue/Saturation to bring the colors in her sweater
-Brightness/contrast on a mask to bring out the colors in her eyes
-Layer with a setting of soft light to burn down the fence in the background and I lowered the opacity of the layer
-Dynamic skin softener filter with Nik Software
-Another brightness/saturation to brighten the overall image
-Then the border

[BitterSweet]

Here's my try.

[Nikonmom]

I really love your first version its softness makes it more beautiful, like her.

Hope you don't mind my play, I upload all plays as private only I can view. I'm trying to learn B&W conversions in particular but I seem to like contrasty and bright and sometimes the eyes get too dark and contrasty, so I hope you don't hate it. I'll take it down if you want. I don't have a willing model lately.



I did some curves, levels, channel mixer monochrome and adjusted contrast to the left and the others a to the right until I liked it. I'm really new to this and if anyone has tips I'd appreciate them. Oh and I played with the depth of field adjustments on Paint Shop Pro 12.

[kensphotos]

NikonMom - love what you've done with the photo. I don't mind everyone working with any image I post -- I learn from observing and hearing your comments.

[Paul Shields]

Sorry for coming to this thread so late but I really love the first image too. Not much more needed in my opinion.

[Imagesgranted]

hmmm wouldnt have dodged the eyes Lee in my opinion they seem to have gone a bit funny.