please help me and my dad!

[bidden]

Waiting for the taxi home after my brothers wedding me an my dad had a hug...which hasn't happened much as he lives in France and we didn't used to get on. In fact this might be our only captured hug. well we get on great now and what i didn't know at the time because he didn't want to spoil the wedding was that he has been diagnosed with cancer....so please please could someone very kindly take the red wine staining off my teeth and whiten up my dad's a bit!! I'd love to get a print of this one.
1
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/waiting_for_the_taxi.JPG

Don't know if anything can be done with this,I just look a bit too tipsy!! in an ideal world i'd like my eyes to be a bit more open as well as the teeth destained
2
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/waiting_for_the_taxi_3_.JPG

BTW he has a pretty good prognosis so i'm not all weepy about it, however i would like a good photo of us just in case.
Thanks
Jo

[Hacker]

Hi Jo, I've had a quick go at the first one, if you've got Photoshop use the magic wand tool set to a tolerance of about 20 and click on the teeth until they are all selected. there are a few ways to alter the brightness (levels, Curves, Brightness/Contrast etc) but I went to Image > Adjustments > Hue Saturation and used the brightness slider to get the desired effect without going too 'Hollywood'. :lol: Hit Ctrl D to de-select and done. I also added a vignette to try and focus attention away from the background clutter.


http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f273/HackerUK/waiting_for_the_taxi.jpg

Oops! Just realised I forgot to get rid of the red-eye.

Hope this helps.

[bidden]

Thanks Hacker,
great improvement. I have just been given photoshop but haven't used it yet. I wil keep a copy of your instructions for future use though.
thanks again:)

[Hacker]

No problem, the high res version will be a lot easier to work on and if you have any questions post them on here.

[Just Dave]

Hi

I whitened yours and your dads teeth and removed the red eye

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/2660729773_3a3a4d3614_o.jpg

Dave

[bidden]

Thanks Dave...much apreciated
:thumbs:
Jo

[Garry79]

Hi there,

I've done a bit of head swapping and background replacement as well as the other improvements. My monitor still needs calibration so the colours and contrast may be a touch off. Hope you like it!

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j35/garryure/retouch7.jpg

[dcash29]

Great backdrop Garry, is there somewhere you get the from?

[Garry79]

Great backdrop Garry, is there somewhere you get the from?

I took it from Stock.XCHNG (http://www.sxc.hu/).

[bidden]

Garry thats terriffic, i love what you've done, Thanks

[Garry79]

No bother, anytime!

[john-oh]

I think Garry has done all the work on this, but I couldn't resist passing it through the Beta version of Portrait Professional - hope you don't mind Gary.

Sometimes this software makes people almost unidentifiable, but I've tried to keep the sliders at minimum. Maybe looks a bit soft ?

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1472/retouch7_1.jpg (http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1472/retouch7_1.jpg)

[bidden]

Well it's taken about a stone off me which is no bad thing and my eyes are better . When i first saw it i was a bit like..who is that with my dad!!!:lol:

[Janice]

Garry's version is fab! Well done, Garry. :thumbs:

[wack61]

Well it's taken about a stone off me which is no bad thing and my eyes are better

This isn't meant to sound like an insult as you're a very attractive woman but now you know why those girls in FHM always look so perfect

[whiteflyer]

This isn't meant to sound like an insult as you're a very attractive woman but now you know why those girls in FHM always look so perfect


Some good efforts there guys.

Referring to FHM , did you see BBC3 program by Alesha Dixon, where they admitted that EVERY photo in the glossy mags are very heavily photoshopped .

[Garry79]

Garry's version is fab! Well done, Garry. :thumbs:

Thanks Janice! Wasn't a big job.

[sn0wy]

Agreed on the edit by Garry, that has to be one of the best ive seen from a fairly lo res picture

[bidden]

just a quickie to say thanks for taking the time editing/commenting. It's much appreciated. This forum is wonderfull!!:clap:

[bidden]

This isn't meant to sound like an insult as you're a very attractive woman but now you know why those girls in FHM always look so perfect

thanks whack, i quite like the comment!!! it also gives me an insight into what i could look like in a couple of months with bit of will power.:)

[Hobbytog]

Gary, you've turned a snapshot into a damn fine portrait. Hats off to you.

Paul

[hillwalkinggirl]

Full marks for Gary's version. I much prefer it to John-oh's. Bidden seems to have lost her sparkle in it.

[bidden]

Full marks for Gary's version. I much prefer it to John-oh's. Bidden seems to have lost her sparkle in it.

yes i agree.. i look v tired an pale..however thanks for the effort

[john-oh]

I agree, I don't think PP improved on Garrys picture at all, I just thought you might be interested in the result.

[bidden]

you know what...the more i see it the better it looks!!! I look slimmer and younger. Can you put me through th program???:lol:

[Garry79]

Thanks for the comments guys. Maybe I should go into business!

[inaneredstripe]

your never too old to hug ya dad.
nice shot.