This was an obvious photography fail.
I'd been taking pictures out in the bright sunlight when
Cholita came running across the shadowed patio,
wearing her sister's too-big dress and a pink crown,
draped in her rag of a blankie.
It was a photo op too good to pass up.
Unfortunately, I didn't think to change my camera settings
and the result was predictably dark.
I am a complete newbie at photo editing,
so I messed around with the picture in I-Photo,
a program equal to my abilities.
I cropped, upped the exposure, downplayed shadows,
and generally just moved cursors
until things looked interesting.
From there, I went over to Photoshop Elements,
a foreign land to me,
and used Coffeshop's Black and White action.
I like it.
Somewhat artsy, don't you think?
11 comments:
wow..wow..wow!!! You are well on your way! I love it! Is piel perfect link still open? Go link up if it is!
The Caterpillar's first birthday pictures all turned out that way. That was the end of his scrapbook. But maybe there is hope after all!
I use I-photo and Gimp for a lot of my pictures. They are so easy to use.
ooh! love the last one :)
Great edit- brightening it up helped and I like that b&w action.
Great job brightening this photo. Too cute.
Wow! You sure salvage that one! Very good and very artsy in deed! I specially like the black and white version!
Doesn't it feel good when you can "save" a photo like this?
Your blanket princess is lovely!
(I have a couple of those too!)
Donna
Our Blog: Double Happiness!
artsy, indeed! GREAT job! I love iPhoto. ;)
Great job. You are good at this. I really like the black and white version.
I browsed whilst I was here, your three daughters are so cute.
Be blessed. xxx
PS: Thank you for the visit.
Quite artsy! I really like what you did with it!
This would make really pretty cards, if you're in need of new stationary!
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