Best Friends

[jordana]

I was at the park last weekend with my kids and some of their friends were their also. So I started snapping pictures. Here is the before and after, but still not sure that I did it right.







I tried using corel to soften the picture and fix the colors but I am still not sure that it is right, and definately not sure what I am doing wrong.

I used a Nikon D40 for this picture with the ISO setting to auto.

[Father Bob]

Cute photo. All I would do is crop, contrast and brighten their faces. Be nice to get get rid of the yellow bar on the bottom right corner. The background is already nice and blurry. The girls faces seem too soft and out of focus in the after. I don't think the photo needs any softening.
A nice photo all on its own.

[SinnedCBU]

I do agree with Father Bob, with the after photo what bothers me also is that their hair looks like it is covered in ash (i hope that is not a silly comment). You already have a nice background blur. If i may suggest a way of darkening thier hair ("burn" tool in PS)...i'm not familiar with corel though. A nice crop to provide more emphasis on the pretty ladies. Hope this helps.

[lputman]

Bob is right, a tight crop and a little contrast adjustment would make this picture perfect.

[Cemil97]

Absolutely agree - you've got a great picture as it is, no need to over do the editing.

[Father Bob]

Here's my version



Contrast, levels, curves, color balance. Hair highlights were tough. Used curves with a layer mask. Not much there.