If you edited this picture what would you do?

February 7th, 2012
I have a basic p&s camera, nothing fancy. I edited a lot of my pictures to get a little bit more out of them, but sometimes I just don't know what I should do.. so I'm asking for anyone who's interest in playing around with an image.. show me what you would do to the image below.. I feel like it will help me more with editing ideas in the future. Thanks in advance!


February 7th, 2012
I'm not sure where you have this picture loaded too.....but if you put in your album, it would be easier for someone to grab it and play around with it!
February 7th, 2012
@shadesofgrey you can right click on it and save to comp.
February 7th, 2012


I took away some of the nappy and enhanced the colours although I tried it in black and white and really liked it as well
February 7th, 2012
I would crop the diaper totally, and try black & white, up the contrast
February 7th, 2012
Crop, lighten/contrast, remove red eye, soften skin, sharpen eyes. I did do an edit but can't work out how to upload it to here.




February 7th, 2012


I just chucked some curves on it to lighten it up and smooth it out, and the crop.
February 7th, 2012
Or you can go with something sunnier like this (curves again)



Either way it's a very cute picture
February 7th, 2012
i quite prefer your original to the other people's edits. it has a very natural look to it. maybe up the contrast a little bit, but not as far as @kbradbury bumped it up because the colour around the eyes are starting to go weird. The first thing i thought of with your shot was red eye reduction (which kate did).

If you're confident with photoshop, i would consider toning down the shadows in the corners of the photo which are a bit distracting (especially bottom left corner).
February 7th, 2012
February 7th, 2012
I'm pretty rubbish at editing people lol
February 7th, 2012
I would personally probably go with something like this:



Made it a little more muted colours and sepia, played with contrast and curves, and added a little haze to it.
February 7th, 2012
Or even more muted colour like this:

February 7th, 2012
@pixxy i like this one! nicely done.
February 7th, 2012
@scatochef
Thanks a bunch!
February 7th, 2012
@bitchin1589 I did some photoshop but no idea how to upload it here. Here are the links to those pics. If you can let me know how to upload it the photo to the page that would be really great. Thanks

Otherwise till then you have to copy the below links and paste to the address bar to get diverted to the page where i have saved them


https://picasaweb.google.com/111228006356847923012/365#5706374566592418818


https://picasaweb.google.com/111228006356847923012/365#5706374559920538962
February 7th, 2012
@pixxy I like the saturated version more - it pops!

@miley89 I really like the black and white!

Tough choices!! lol :D look at team 365, rallying to help a fellow member :)
February 7th, 2012
cool guys!! thanks for sharing!! @dirtyangel @pixxy @miley89 @foximilq @foximilq @kbradbury
February 7th, 2012
@dirtyangel @griff Put the photo in your album way back like 2010 or so.....put a short "edit for someone else" in the caption and then you can upload it here. Or if you have it someplace else on the web if you click the how can I format my reply below the reply box and you will see the img src selection. type that in here but obviously replace URL with the actual url....it will show.
February 7th, 2012
Amazing what a little bit of editing can do. It is a skill. I like pixxy's version of the pic.
February 7th, 2012
@shadesofgrey Thanks dear for the information. :)

@bitchin1589 here is my share of editing. Hope you like this one




February 7th, 2012
@shadesofgrey Thanks didn't think of that D'oh
February 7th, 2012
@bitchin1589 Crop, remove red eye, blot shine, add blush to cheeks and cross process effect :-)
February 7th, 2012
@dirtyangel I like B&W =]

@crimper_chun your image isn't showing
February 8th, 2012
@bitchin1589 Even i loved the B&W pic. they are just awesome
February 8th, 2012
@bitchin1589 sorry, quite new to this site, so still learning ;-)

February 8th, 2012
I have MCP actions with photoshop. I used color fusion mix and match


I used MCP action MIX and Match Black and white. Love it.

February 11th, 2012
February 11th, 2012
Probably something like this :) A bit of spotlight as she obviously likes being centre of attention and some sparkly on the pearls. Hah. Hope you like it.
February 15th, 2012


Hi Chelsea, hope you like this. I created a duplicate layer in photoshop which I use to blur the backgound to keep the focus on your little girl. Also sharpened and brightened her eyes a little. Andy
February 17th, 2012
@pixxy I love the more saturated version! It looks darling!
February 17th, 2012
@katiebrenkert thank you :)
February 23rd, 2012
Hello, I know its a bit much but I like to play with portraits in this way. It incorporates alot of PS techniques and helps me practice some basic skills. Adorable child. Hope you like it (:

April 23rd, 2012

I love editing photos and I found this topic, so here is my edition! Hope you like it :)
This child is really beautiful, by the way :)
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