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before and after

I took this picture the other day when we were at the coast and initially I was going to toss it…

Sister in the background.

Underexposed face, his expression was almost unrecognizable.

Not-so-great composition.

But then I thought of Monica’s ‘before and after’ blog hop.


And I thought I’d see if I could salvage it.

I cropped it. Rotated it. And removed his sister, as well as various small rocks. Just because I can.

I upped the exposure and the sharpness on his face.

I used Sarah Ji’s ‘boost’ preset and messed around with the luminance and saturation of the blues until I liked the color of the water behind him.

And I was happy.


Then, just for fun, I added the LR preset ‘punch’…

because I still can’t resist going overboard.


I use a Nikon D90 with a 1.4 50mm lens. And edit in LR2.

Check out Monica’s blog hop to play along.

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06.03.10 · photography 28

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  1. Heather says

    June 3, 2010 at 1:44 PM

    I love the brightness and saturation!

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  2. Christy says

    June 3, 2010 at 1:49 PM

    I like the extra punch! great edit!

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  3. O Schrock says

    June 3, 2010 at 2:00 PM

    Excellent way to save a photo! I like the result!

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  4. Donna says

    June 3, 2010 at 2:07 PM

    Nice save!

    I laughed that you removed some stuff (and a sister!) from the photo "just because I can"! Yep, I've been known to do that too! Too bad it doesn't work that way in real life, huh!

    Donna
    Our Blog: Double Happiness!

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  5. Girly Girl Mommy says

    June 3, 2010 at 2:09 PM

    Wow, you are good girl!
    Keeper, for sure!
    ~Kelly

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  6. Courtney K. says

    June 3, 2010 at 2:09 PM

    Great job salvaging this one! I love the brightness and the colors!

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  7. Courtney says

    June 3, 2010 at 2:11 PM

    you really saved this pic! The edits are really great and now you can see his little face. The colors are gorgeous!

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  8. Courtney says

    June 3, 2010 at 2:12 PM

    P.S. I LOVE your blog title. Too funny!

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  9. ThisMamaRAZZI says

    June 3, 2010 at 3:10 PM

    I really love the "punched" pic! It almost has a bit of edge to it! Nicely done!

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  10. Dana says

    June 3, 2010 at 3:23 PM

    love it! I'm a sucker for siblings in the back ground 🙂 two for one!

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  11. Annie says

    June 3, 2010 at 3:32 PM

    I like the original – but you did an amazing job with the edit!

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  12. Julie says

    June 3, 2010 at 4:43 PM

    I'm actually having the same "urges" in lightroom..I love going "overboard"!! I'm like a girl in the candy store..I have to keep trying one more thing!! ha ha

    I think it's a beautiful edit!!

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  13. Johanna says

    June 3, 2010 at 5:33 PM

    Great job! Your children are gorgeous.

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  14. Tracy says

    June 3, 2010 at 5:39 PM

    I also think the SOOC was really good, but your edit gave it a totally different fun feel.

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  15. Christy @ Life As Mum says

    June 3, 2010 at 6:22 PM

    And salvage it you did! Great job! I love the "overboard" version. Wonderful!

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  16. Rebecca says

    June 3, 2010 at 6:30 PM

    Wow, that looks amazing! Good job!

    *I'm really sad because my camera is broken. No more photos for me….until I can afford to get another one. I hope it's before Isabella starts Kindergarten and Joey starts pre-school in July!*

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  17. Victoria says

    June 3, 2010 at 6:42 PM

    Thanks for stopping by my blog! I also love your edit – isn't LR wonderful!!!! Looking forward to reading more on your great blog!

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  18. loki photography says

    June 3, 2010 at 7:40 PM

    Very cute, nice save!

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  19. beingzaraandzidan says

    June 3, 2010 at 9:08 PM

    wow u sure have made the pic nice and bright. love it
    i have joined in too
    plz do visit

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  20. Ellie says

    June 3, 2010 at 10:27 PM

    adorable, I love the composition. I need to learn how to change the exposesure on just the face . . .

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  21. DiJo says

    June 4, 2010 at 12:25 AM

    Oh, I needs some SERIOUS tutoring!! This is so great!!!!

    Hugs,
    Di

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  22. kbreints says

    June 4, 2010 at 12:43 AM

    Love the colors! Great shot!

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  23. Pixel Perfect says

    June 4, 2010 at 12:52 AM

    Great way to pop the color and crop!

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  24. lovingmylife says

    June 4, 2010 at 1:33 AM

    I love the color pop!

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  25. Kim says

    June 4, 2010 at 5:24 AM

    Proof that I've gotta learn the art of editing!
    Love the crop and pop!
    Love & Blessings from Hong Kong,
    Kim

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  26. Aus says

    June 4, 2010 at 10:55 AM

    I'm impressed – I'd have tossed that one too….great job 'removing' the sister – I might have to break down and get LR2.

    PS – I'm a Nikon fan too – been using one since I started shooting crime scenes in the 80's. And I'm afraid that learning that work and surveilance kind of 'ruined' me….ah well….skill sets are important!

    hugs – aus and co.

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  27. Denise says

    June 4, 2010 at 11:10 AM

    Great job my LR friend! I joined in this week too~

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  28. Wendy says

    June 4, 2010 at 12:38 PM

    Great edit…gorgeous boy…cute shorts 🙂

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