Baby on a bench

jleon · Oct 24, 2008

So, i am a complete newbie and don't even have "official" photo editing software - only what came with my camera. Here is a picture i took today of my daughter. I changed it with just the simple software that came with my camera. I welcome corrective criticism as i want to learn.

DRoberts · Oct 25, 2008

Basic problems with this shot are focus, exposure/contrast and perspective. I didn't look at efix info, so not sure what camera or editing software you have. But these can be fixed with most software since these are the basics.
I did a couple of quik fixes, just to give you an idea...

Your original

1. First thing I did was turn the exposure and contrast down.
2. Next I did an unsharp mask, to get the sharpness I wanted I had to blow out some spots then go back and spot heal, clone, and paint them out. I didn't get them all perfect because of time reasons, just enough to give an example.
3. Perspective: I tilted the photo counterclock wise so your kid wouldn't slide down the bench...lol j/k. Unless it's for an abstract touch to a photo which generally means an extreme tilt, photos need to be straight.

This is all the same as above, just with a B/W conversion

jleon · Oct 26, 2008

Thank you for the input! I wondered if the contrast was too much. I am so new at editing photos i normally don't even edit them at all. I was pretty happy with the shot overall, happy that she actually stayed there for me!