Hayden

dab_20 · Jun 3, 2008

Some pictures... Any and all C&C is welcome. Be as harsh as you like.
Oh, and on the first the yellow color on his forehead was because he was in a little yellow car thing. Anyone know how to photoshop that out?

spiffybeth · Jun 6, 2008

in the second one, he looks so sad

also, there's something in his camera right eye?

he's got some killer blue eyes though.
at first i didnt like the multiple colored background in the first picture, but the more i look at it, i like the balance it achieves with his shirt. (blue + yellow = green)

ShutteredEye · Jun 6, 2008

In the second I might have cleaned up his forehead, and smoothed that little crease on the bridge of his nose. A little bump in contrast to help sharpen things a tad. But other than that, it's a great image.

NJMAN · Jun 6, 2008

You can use the lasso tool in PS to isolate the area of his head thats yellow. Then use Hue/Satuation filter, and select Yellow channel and desaturate to taste (move the slider to the left). You can use the dodge tool at very low opacity to brighten the eyes a bit as well. And as mentioned, you can also use the healing or clone tool to clean up the forehead a little. Some local contrast would help the shadow/highlight tones quite a bit as well. It also helps to resize pics to at least 800 px on the long side before posting.

Cute kid. I like the sharp focus on the eyes and facial features in #2.

Jedo_03 · Jun 7, 2008

Since you are asking about removing colourcast (the yellow reflection on his brow) I am assuming you may not have PS or don't know how...
There are advanced techniques - but this was just a simple desaturation of YELLOWS and REDS from the whole image (no selections) as I thought the whole image was too red/yellow anyway...
I also cropped a tad of his forehead...
Jedo

dab_20 · Jun 11, 2008

Thanks for the comments and advice everyone. Jedo_03, I really like that edit. I have PS, just not very skilled at it.
Anymore C&C is welcome

dylj · Jun 12, 2008

Very nice edit Jedo.

This kid has such expressive eyes. Awesome photos.

badger02 · Jun 13, 2008

Nice pictures. I really like the b&w conversion on the second one. Well done.

amkphotography · Jun 13, 2008

He looks so angry in the second picture, but it's stunning. I am not too good at color correction, I try, otherwise I'd help you with the first one. As in, give you tips on how to remove the yellow.