Give me something to retouch!

[Sw1tchFX]

lol, it was a joke, you can do it if you really want to

 

[Alpha]

I might give it a try just to see if I can do it. Maybe I can dig up a couple other photos to work with on SXC.

 

[Hawaii Five-O]

I'm a photographer, not a magician.

 

[Alpha]

At this resolution making the sword out of jello was impossible. Even so, I feel you should eat me.

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[Iron Flatline]

You sir, are the man.

 

[bblaine]

haha! how about this

 

[bblaine]

and this...

 

[Alpha]

That second picture is perfect as-is. The highlights are very bright but not blown. It's also tack-sharp and the skin tones are natural. How do you think it could be improved upon? Yes, it's a snapshot, but a great one.

In the meantime I'll give the first shot a crack.

 

[bblaine]

i just figured, since it was taken during the wrong part of the day, there had to be something wrong with it...

 

[Alpha]

For snapshots like this there is no wrong part of the day. That's just what it looked like, no?

 

[bblaine]

that's pretty much what it looked like, and i couldn't pass it up...

 

[bblaine]

i guess i could at least do this...

 

[Alpha]

Maybe a little red but babies always have really warm-toned skin anyway. I've got some backlighting issues at the moment so it's hard for me to do the colors accurately.

 

[bblaine]

looks good. how did you do it?

 

[Alpha]

Lab mode.

Shadow/Highlight + USM in the L channel, minor A/B curves to remove the blue cast and bring back the skin warmth.