Need help and advice...

steven9761 · 2013-06-12T16:03:08+0100

I was going through a myriad of photos that were shot in Thailand last month, and I came across the below image (although I don't remember having taken it), which I think would make a great portrait once the distracting background was taken out, and a cleaner, better background was put in place, and a general clean-up. I had a bit of a play with it this morning before going to work, but the best effort still had quite a bit of 'colour-fringing' in the edited image. Any photo-shoppers know how best I should tackle this, or is it worth getting a professional to do this for me?

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steven9761 steven9761

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Posted 13/06/2013 - 19:56 Link

Smeggypants wrote:
It was late when I did the first one. that's my excuse anyway

At least you didn't blame it on booze, Smeggy!!

steven9761 steven9761

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Posted 16/06/2013 - 18:44 Link

I've done a bit of work to this shot, but I've tried not to lose the texture and tone of the skin. The background is quite sunny - does anybody think that perhaps I should edit in an overhanging tree branch, to suggest shade in the shot?

As for the hair - I've got a hold of a tablet and pen, so I will draw the hair back in as best I can when I'm feeling up to the task!

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, folks!! You have all been fantastic so far!

gwing gwing

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Posted 16/06/2013 - 19:13 - Helpful Comment Link

Another take.

steven9761 steven9761

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Posted 16/06/2013 - 20:49 Link

Being "Thai" skin tones, it looks a little "false".. I reckon if the shot was taken with perhaps 1/2 to 2/3 stops slower, the skin tones would be pretty much "spot on".

Although there was a bit of lipstick involved, the lips in the above are too red.

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Posted 16/06/2013 - 20:58 Link

steven9761 wrote:

Smeggypants wrote:
It was late when I did the first one. that's my excuse anyway

At least you didn't blame it on booze, Smeggy!!

Nah, blame it on that Lightroom thingy he's always using !

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steven9761 steven9761

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Posted 16/06/2013 - 21:09 Link

McGregNi wrote:

steven9761 wrote:

Smeggypants wrote:
It was late when I did the first one. that's my excuse anyway

At least you didn't blame it on booze, Smeggy!!

Nah, blame it on that Lightroom thingy he's always using !

Don't knock it, Nigel!! Rumour has it that if it wasn't for Smeggy, David Dickinson and Dale Winton would never made our tv screens!! As for TOWIE.... Well, that's anybody's guess!

Edited by steven9761: 16/06/2013 - 21:10

gwing gwing

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Posted 16/06/2013 - 23:18 Link

steven9761 wrote:
Being "Thai" skin tones, it looks a little "false".. I reckon if the shot was taken with perhaps 1/2 to 2/3 stops slower, the skin tones would be pretty much "spot on".

Although there was a bit of lipstick involved, the lips in the above are too red.

OK you caught me. That means I have to do the hard work and my own colour corrections for the lipstick rather than piggy-back on Smeggy's work. I'm not going to worry about the Thai skin tones though as there's plenty of natural variation to provide me all the excuses I need.