Newborn attempt & need edit help

[CherylL]

Photos of my 12 day old grand daughter. She is on the dark pink side in skin color. I did use a grey card which really helped me. Shot with a T4i & 50mm f1.4. Any C&C appreciated and processing tips too. Fixed the WB in ACR and edited in PS. Thanks for looking.

1. 1/200, f/3.2, ISO 100, flash on manual bounced ceiling with a silver reflector below baby. This one is my favorite.



Bryn1w by Cheryl3001, on Flickr


2. Same as above except f/2.8 and no reflector.


Bryn2w by Cheryl3001, on Flickr


3. 1/200, f/3.2, ISO 400, no flash, no reflector. I tried to edit this making several slight changes back and forth and still not happy with the edit. How would you edit this?


Bryn3w by Cheryl3001, on Flickr

 

[frommrstomommy]

They feel a tiny bit dark to me? And I tried and tried with that 3rd.. as something with the coloring seems off and I cannot quite figure it out! lol Adorable little girl. Love all the hair!!!

This was my go at it..

 

[CherylL]

They feel a tiny bit dark to me? And I tried and tried with that 3rd.. as something with the coloring seems off and I cannot quite figure it out! lol Adorable little girl. Love all the hair!!!

This was my go at it..
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Thanks for trying the edit. Looks a tad green. The first 2 too dark? I'll try lifting the shadows or maybe adding a white overlay at low opacity. I was trying to keep her skin color the pink, but guess baby edits need to be lighter. Thanks again!

 

[frommrstomommy]

Yes, I saw green in the original too.. and was trying to get it out, but no matter what I couldn't seem to get the green gone.. lol I'm at a loss on that one.

 

[CowgirlMama]

Does this seem better? I adjusted the white balance a bit, but then did a color adjustment layer and just changed her hand because it seemed to stay green, no matter what I did to the rest of the picture. It still doesn't seem quite right, but it's a really small file to work with. Couldn't zoom in and play around with it as much as I normally would.

 

[Rebekah5280]

Black and white it!! lol

 

[Rebekah5280]

OK, here is my crack at it. Side by side before and after:

 

[CherylL]

Does this seem better? I adjusted the white balance a bit, but then did a color adjustment layer and just changed her hand because it seemed to stay green, no matter what I did to the rest of the picture. It still doesn't seem quite right, but it's a really small file to work with. Couldn't zoom in and play around with it as much as I normally would.

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Thanks, that does seem better. Tough photo to edit.

 

[CherylL]

OK, here is my crack at it. Side by side before and after:

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Yes better! Thanks! And if all else fails black & white.

 

[paigew]

I like it in b/w.

 

[CherylL]

I went back and lightened up the set. Here is the redit on the mom/baby. I added a white overlay set to low opacity & masked out the background. Bumped the magneta by 2. Better?

 

[CherylL]

I like it in b/w.

That does look much better in black & white. Thanks, I'll try that edit.