Family Portrait

[scootermcq]

When we were on the cruise with our family, my sister wanted a group photo done by the ships photographers on one of the dress up nights. She figured odds were good we might not get together as a family again dressed up etc as the kids are growing and my parents are getting older.

I know I do not own the photo to edit, but she emailed me a scanned copy and asked me to see if I could fix the background which did not fit our group.

I definitely did not have a great image to start with, but here is what I came up with.

Original:

My fix:

background stretched
w/b
curves & levels
glare removed from glasses
some glare removed from heads
sharpened

[thatBilly]

From what you had to work with, I think you've done a good job.

It looks like you've blown the highlights though and I'd be tempted to lighten the shadows they're casting on the backdrop.

[zona5101]

Nice job!
...and they put you on the hairlight side...

[edbayani]

big improvement from original. maybe remove the cyan cast on the white pants and some on the white shirt

[statichash]

Originally Posted by dehaani

from what you had to work with, i think you've done a good great job.

100%

Originally Posted by zona5101

nice job!
...and they put you on the hairlight side...

lol!!!

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by statichash

100%

lol!!!

Originally Posted by dehaani

From what you had to work with, I think you've done a good job.

It looks like you've blown the highlights though and I'd be tempted to lighten the shadows they're casting on the backdrop.

Hmmm.... they do seem blown out here, might be something with posting to flickr, but I will have to check... Thanks for the heads up

Originally Posted by zona5101

Nice job!
...and they put you on the hairlight side...

And after the strobe hit my head, they landed a helicopter on the deck

Originally Posted by edbayani

big improvement from original. maybe remove the cyan cast on the white pants and some on the white shirt

Good Point

Thanks for the comments guys

[MOmilkman]

I think I'd get rid of the moon too. But what do I know.

Great job on the 'after'.

[mshockley]

Originally Posted by MOmilkman

I think I'd get rid of the moon too. But what do I know.

Great job on the 'after'.

yeah agreed, there's something about that moon that just looks way too cheesy for me. You've done such a nice job making it look better, I'd ditch the moon also.

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by mshockley

yeah agreed, there's something about that moon that just looks way too cheesy for me. You've done such a nice job making it look better, I'd ditch the moon also.

Ok.... moon is gonzo....

[tal_ninio]

Great job with the background and the glares.
Skin tone color should be somewhere between the original and the final, shouldn't it?