Annie and Simpson boss-eye source.jpg
by wehrmacher

Comment by wehrmacher:
I used Annie's left eye to copy into the associated after image. It required scaling, copying and flipping, and color balance.

Laura
by wehrmacher

Comment by Denise:
Is the white line on the left hand side an overlook? Nice portrait, like the B&W.

Annie and Henna Lady after.jpg
by wehrmacher

Comment by Dirt_Diver:
LOL, you have 2 headless guys in the BG. Try and remove the bodies as well. Your FG looks good and your models as well jsut work more on the background. Also try to not have the same items next to each other when cloning. For example, the skateboards in the backgound, looking at the after picture I can tell that you cloned from it. Try to make it not so obvious. Other than that you did really good.

Annie and Henna Lady after.jpg
by wehrmacher

Comment by CNovack:
Wow a lot of nice processing to make the two ladies stand out from the background of the shot. You don't list the steps you took to make the final composition but I can take a guess that it was a combination of blending two images, selection of background (gotta love that select tool:-) ), blur and clone tools that helped make the photo. Good job in blurring the background for now that really makes the two ladies the true focus/stars of the shot. Cloning out some of the people in the background (including that man in the backdrop between them in the original) eliminated the distracting elements that drew attention away from the main subject of your shot. Lighting on your two main subjects was wonderful in the original and they remain beautifully so in the after photo composition. The only change to the lady in pink from the original is that she now has her eyes open rather than squinting. My guess, and only a guess, is that you snapped two shots and one showed better eyes than the other (but this one had more character because of the friendly comraderie that the two woman show here). Good job on the blending of the eyes - it is flawless; had you not posted the original you could not tell she had some work done to 'open' her eyes.

Underside of Chicago Bean.jpg
by wehrmacher

Comment by enajj:
Cool! This one keeps you looking for awhile. I second the others, play with curves, levels, and contrast and you should be able to get something really great out of this. Have you tried black and white? It almost is already so I wonder if that would add or detract from the image.

BleedingHeart.jpg
by wehrmacher

Comment by enajj:
Wow this is a really beatiful and interesting flower. If you played around more with focus, exposure, and composition I'll bet you can get something stunning out of it. Have you tried isoolating one or two at a time? I just think the individual flowers are so interesting themselves.

Last Year's Purple Coneflower-4.jpg
by wehrmacher

Comment by enajj:
This is a good picture as is. Some, minor adjustments and it could be great. My suggestions would be: sharper focus on the flower, maybe a graduated background from light brown at the bottom to darker brown at the top to help keep the eye focused on the flower and not follow the line of the stem straight out of the picture, greater contrast between the browns in the flower and the browns of the background, and a border to hold it all in. Not sure you should even do all of that, but just some ideas. Good luck!

Annie and Henna Lady after.jpg
by wehrmacher

Comment by TCGuru:
I like the way you opened her eyes but I wish she were looking at the camera instead of to the side... can you do that?? lol I have no idea, just asking :)

You did a great job of covering the folks in the BG that took the limelight away from the two subjects in the FG. Very hard to see unless you have seen the original :)

Laura
by wehrmacher

Comment by nemesise1977:
There is a white bar on the side of the image (Im guessing Im not the first person to mention this) makes it look like it was a scanned photo or something went wrong in cropping no matter what it is hurting the image.

As far as the rest, the poseseems to give the subject a 3x chin and is not flattring

Annie and Henna Lady after.jpg
by wehrmacher

Comment by Jaker:
Wow! I opened each picture in a different tab and clicked between them, and her eyes blinked! :-) Nice job clearing out the distraction in the background as well. This should be a fun month I hope!