Thursday, October 28, 2010

pixel perfect: before and after

Wow!  This is the most complicated edit I've EVER done!  I never would've even attempted it, had Ashley at Ramblings and Photos not posted THIS tutorial!  It took a few tries, but I was able to remove the legs & hand from my photo and it's now one of my favorites!!!  You've got to check her post out!!!!  And the rest of her blog, if you've never before (but let's face it.....I'll bet almost all of you have been a follower of her for a while!)

I'm linking to Pixel Perfect today:




So, without further ado, here's my before, SOOC:

15-85mm (@42mm), f/5, 1/80, ISO 100

And here's my fantastic after!!!
I cropped it a bit, as the trees on the far Right of the photo didn't match well with the ones on the left that I'd dragged over & right above her head the trees matching looked funny.  Remember, it was my first time.  I also used Amy McMaster's Free Berries n Cream action.  Honestly...if I can do it....so can you!

THANK YOU ASHLEY!!!
I think you are more amazing every day!

xox charmaine

18 comments:

Mommy2Four said...

Great job! Gotta love cloning :) It's an adorable shot too!

Katie said...

that is AWESOME!! you should be proud of that! :)

Raymonde said...

Fantastic edit.

Have a good day. xxx

Snapshotsofhappiness said...

I love this! Awesome job! I am running over there to see the tutorial!

Excellent Parent said...

cute little cheeks!

Maureen said...

WoW, That IS amazing. Fabulous job. What a sweet photo you have.
♥ maureen

- Jessi - said...

Amazing edit! and cute photo :)

Blondie's Abode said...

Beautifully done! Not only did you do a great job with the cloning, you brought out amazing coloring and added a lot of depth to the photo.

Ashley Sisk said...

Great shot - I love your processing. Very sweet and gentle.

Dana @ Bungalow'56 said...

So looking at this I'm guessing you are using photoshop correct? If so which one?
Dana

Jamie H said...

Great edit! I too removed some body parts from my before/after picture! Took me over an hour to do it but it worked!

Suburban Girl said...

An edit to be proud of! Great job.

Unknown said...

Great Crop!

FYH said...

What a lovely edit...
Great job!

KimM said...

Very cool!!! Great job Char!

Courtney said...

Cloning all around! Love it!

Kristen Laudick said...

Great job!!!

koreen (aka: winn) said...

Just lovely! The background looks so natural too. :D