Pooh Sticks: Hi all; how can I improve this to take out some of the haze and generally give it more appeal? I think it's a fairly good shot apart from the scruffy leaves in the...

Morkstar Loc: Newcastle United Kingdom

Hi all; how can I improve this to take out some of the haze and generally give it more appeal?

I think it's a fairly good shot apart from the scruffy leaves in the foreground.

Thanks

graham52 Loc: Scotland

Hi
A curve or level adjustment would help the haze.For the scruffy leaves I would use the clone tool

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

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Or below

Less green
Less green...

graham52 Loc: Scotland

done a curve layer some cloning and a level adjustment

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

Faces over red though

graham52 Loc: Scotland

warmed up with levels

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

graham52 wrote:

warmed up with levels

Bit TOO warm perhaps

Jusoljoe Loc: Texas

graham52 wrote:

done a curve layer some cloning and a level adjustment

I like it better with the leaves oval framing! Nice shot.

lightchime Loc: Somewhere Over The Rainbow

A significant, square crop would remove much of the visible haze as well as most of the leaves. The image would then have less of a background and foreground and be much more focused on the children and the bridge.

A little sharpening is all you may then need.

2 Dog Don Loc: Virginia Beach VA

Well its black Friday and since I am not shopping I thought I would take a crack at it. First I must say this is an excellent image. I adjusted the mid tones in levels, then used a topaz adjust preset called vibrance then adjusted the color for skin tone. Hope you like it.

mdeman Loc: Damascus, Maryland

Not having all those fancy tools, I just worked on it in PSE. Adjusted highlights, slight color correction, and burn in on left kids face. The cropped image is OK, but I like the full frame with the bridge and leaf framing.

RMM Loc: Suburban New York

I cropped the image to focus on the boys, adjusted the lighting, and then brought up the lighting on the face of boy boy on the left. Lightening was accomplished by duplicating layers and switching to Screen mode, then adjusting the opacity. I selected the face of the boy on the left, duplicated that into its own layer and set to screen mode. I then flattened the image, selected the greens, then inverted the selection and boosted the saturation.

mdeman Loc: Damascus, Maryland

Now try cutting back the highlights.

RMM wrote:

I cropped the image to focus on the boys, adjusted the lighting, and then brought up the lighting on the face of boy boy on the left. Lightening was accomplished by duplicating layers and switching to Screen mode, then adjusting the opacity. I selected the face of the boy on the left, duplicated that into its own layer and set to screen mode. I then flattened the image, selected the greens, then inverted the selection and boosted the saturation.

amanda303

Great picture! A few more ideas to try...I used Lightroom to create a light vignetting around the edges. Then I used PS9 and lightened the boys, used levels to create slightly more vibrant colors, and cloned places where the leaves and branches were close to the boys. I also changed the placement of the boys to be off-center, which can look more interesting. This also converts well to b&w, drawing the eye to the boys.

mdeman Loc: Damascus, Maryland

Nice work.

amanda303 wrote:

Great picture! A few more ideas to try...I used Lightroom to create a light vignetting around the edges. Then I used PS9 and lightened the boys, used levels to create slightly more vibrant colors, and cloned places where the leaves and branches were close to the boys. I also changed the placement of the boys to be off-center, which can look more interesting. This also converts well to b&w, drawing the eye to the boys.