Beach Portrait SOOC and Edit

[scootermcq]

Nice enough picture SOOC of but also kinda boring.



I took a better sky from another image and added it as a layer.
I used the quick selection tool to the original layer and selected everything that crossed the horizon and copied it above the sky layer (it did not need to be perfect, because I reduced the opacity of the new sky)
Reduced opacity to 50% on sky layer
Flattened new image
Curves adjustment
Levels adjustment
Sharpened eyes (not that you can tell in this resolution)
Used patch tool to remove specular highlights from strobe
Applied highpass filter to sharpen

Final Image:

[SusanH1970]

Very nice work, Scott!

[zona5101]

Yes very nice... I was late to the party on the other post w/added sky shots, but I saw them and thought you did a nice job on those.

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by zona5101

Yes very nice... I was late to the party on the other post w/added sky shots, but I saw them and thought you did a nice job on those.

Originally Posted by SusanH1970

Very nice work, Scott!

Thanks guys...

[Saralonde]

Nicely done. I'm always amazed how changing a sky can give more depth to an image.

[tal_ninio]

Nicely done.

IMHO, some of the sky can be cropped and that thing behind them in the sea, can be safely removed. Nobody will miss it