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[Multipara]

I am pretty new to editing,

[cyber3d]

Nice job. lots of detail where it could have blown out. Nice save. I think you might want to try making the entire background dark (get rid of the white strip). And may be a slight vignette. Just my opinion.

[shalyn]

wow, really nice work. The picture quality shows your great work.

[Kbaby]

Wow! This is a great job Multipara! Does not look like you are new to editing at all! Good job!

[Roshenk]

Fine work...

Now for those of use who are even MORE new to editing...how did you do it?

[windrider86]

Yes, please tell us what steps you took to get the end product Thanks!

[Multipara]

Originally Posted by Roshenk

Fine work...

Now for those of use who are even MORE new to editing...how did you do it?

Oops! Sorry I should have put that in the OP.

I opened it in "Camera Raw" oh PSE 8, upped the exposure and brightness.

Then I used the eye dropper tool to select the color from the background. After I got the color I wanted I used a soft round brush at 30% opacity and smoothed out the wrinkles.
I sharpened the photo a bit, then selectively sharpened the baby and took care of some blemishes using the eye dropper and soft round brush technique.

The white bar is a magnetic baseboard I made. I used shop lights for lighting, bounced them off the ceiling.

[Roshenk]

Originally Posted by Multipara

Oops! Sorry I should have put that in the OP.

I opened it in "Camera Raw" oh PSE 8, upped the exposure and brightness.

Then I used the eye dropper tool to select the color from the background. After I got the color I wanted I used a soft round brush at 30% opacity and smoothed out the wrinkles.
I sharpened the photo a bit, then selectively sharpened the baby and took care of some blemishes using the eye dropper and soft round brush technique.

The white bar is a magnetic baseboard I made. I used shop lights for lighting, bounced them off the ceiling.

Thanks....great job and clear workflow.

Now to pour over Lightroom some more....