Sunshine and Puddles

[CC92713]

Love this picture of my daughters but is there anything I could improve on?

 

[sunnyside_up]

lovely shot! Keep the colour though, the black and white loses it's effectiveness... maybe lose a bit of the processing too on the colour image. Not sure if you could bring out some clarity to the reflection...?

I'd be happy with that shot though... lovely.

 

[Deleted member 34016]

Maybe a compromise between the colour and Mono

Just reduce the Saturation a tad- Like this


and add some USM to the reflection like this

 

[Tintin124]

As per bethy I'm not keen on the mono.. but the other 3 shown (Les's edit and original) are amazing and they would all be up on wall.

 

[minnnt]

Lovely shot. Only thing i noticed was the slightly clipped umbrella. No biggy though.

Les, what's usm?

 

[Morbid]

He probably means Unsharp mask in PS.

Lovely photo, i would sort out the clipped umbrella. Wouldn't take long to do. Increase canvas on the right and use clone stamp on the background. Paint brush to draw in the edge of the brolly.

 

[Deleted member 34016]

Lovely shot. Only thing i noticed was the slightly clipped umbrella. No biggy though.

Les, what's usm?

Un-Sharp Mask or you could use any sharpening filter

 

[Morbid]

Christian, I hope you don't mind but I've edited Les' version to add in the clipped umbrella. Method as above, and also added canvas to the bottom of the pic to keep the 6x4 ratio.

not my photo_edit for TP by Ian J Bradshaw, on Flickr

 

[jakeblu]

Nice shot of your daughters.

Whilst I like what Les has done to the photo it loses a bit of the warm glow in the background I just think your version is a little overdone on the two girls.

 

[Sam Tip]

Other than possibly the big handle on the umbrella, definitely nothing. Very good shot.

 

[ancient_mariner]

Seems I'm the only one to like the mono version, but I do like Les's tweak and the recreated side that Ian added too.

 

[TomB]

Lovely shot. Disregarding the colour/mono debate, my only crit would be that although the light at the top of the frame is very nice, it does draw my eye upwards such that it distracts from the reflection... cropping about half of the empty space at the top (ie the brightest bit) improves the comp for me.

 

[Fatheadedlizard]

Lovely pic I actually prefer your colour one

 

[Morbid]

I thought your daughters looked a little washed out, so I've reduce exposure and increased saturation on their dresses.

not my photo_edit for TP v2 by Ian J Bradshaw, on Flickr

 

[CC92713]

Thank you for the ideas! i toned it down a little but i do like the warmer feel. I added a some blurring (not sure if its too much??)... I am still working on getting the clipped umbrella fixed. I use GIMP and I am still learning but it looks so much better with the entire thing in the picture!

 

[Morbid]

It's been said already, by Tom, that the light/warm tones in the background draw the eye away from the subjects. Personal opinion but I would either cool them down a bit or desaturate them a little. This would make the subjects the thing that the eye is drawn towards.

 

[Pete1785]

Mono, loses it for me, the colours of the dresses is great. Lovely shot

 

[aps26]

I like the saturation, but I also like the one with the reflection pulled out. Epic shot. Very natural and lovely.

Morbid - how did you put the umbrella back into the shot?! You've blown my mind!!

 

[Morbid]

Morbid - how did you put the umbrella back into the shot?! You've blown my mind!!

It's not difficult, just extend the canvas to give you an empty area to fill in and then use the clone stamp in PS to fill in the gaps. The umbrella was extended using the clone stamp too. I guess it's a bit like painting, using other areas of the image to provide the paint/pattern - if that makes sense? Once finished crop to get it back to 6 x 4 ratio.

 

[Webstar]

Love it