how do i make a picture "pop"..help needed..

[er111a]

mine looks bad

 

[iBats]

so blown out are the faces

 

[mrpink]

so blown out are the faces

speaking like Yoda are we?

p!nK

 

[Big]

so blown out are the faces

Yoda? (I hope someone gets this)

 

[Dominantly]

Some people should not be editing photos....

LR used here too....

The background has some (and by some I mean a lot) of noise, tried to tone it down as much as I could.

p!nK

Irony.....

 

[Dominantly]

I'll play

K.I.S.S.

 

[mrpink]

Some people should not be editing photos....

LR used here too....

The background has some (and by some I mean a lot) of noise, tried to tone it down as much as I could.

p!nK

Irony.....

Is my edit bad?

p!nK

 

[Dominantly]

If I may be so bold..... yes.

I'm not saying it to be an ass, just saying for the sake of helping.

 

[mrpink]

If I may be so bold..... yes.

I'm not saying it to be an ass, just saying for the sake of helping.

What did you use on yours? I could not get the noise out to save my life.

p!nK

 

[Dominantly]

If you're going to edit something like this and try to fix it, you need to remove the subjects from the background, and then additionally break them up to edit different parts of them. You should be breaking it up like a puzzle, editing everything independently, then putting it back together.
You should also not try to force detail where there is none, IE a totally blown area has no detail, so you must deal/work around it as best you can.

 

[Ron Evers]

I vote for the edit by Dominantly.

 

[Dominantly]

I used a cheap $50 program, Photoshop Elements 6.

 

[flashgordio]

I'll play

K.I.S.S.

fantastic...saved the day.....howd you do it????
kiss???

 

[Dominantly]

The way I edited it can be found in my sig, topic 3.
Basically layered it, background (white), outfits, body parts... levels, saturation/hues, denoise

KISS.. Keep It Simple Stooopid

 

[flashgordio]

id thought of doing it that way but hoped that someone would come up with an easier way....