Before
After
I took the picture in PSE and:
duplicated image twice~ changed the overlay to screen and the other one to soft light
(then I adjusted the opacity)
I saturated the eyes, then dodged (lightened) the iris, and unsharp mask
used an overlay of bokeh texture reduced the opacity to around 30 and used the lasso tool (feathered to 100) and removed the texture from the face. then I changed the texture layer to soft light.
I duplicated the image again and changed it to B&W and reduced the opacity to around 50
and finally added a gradiant map in chocolate B&W and put that layer as hard light.
the brightness on the corner of hair ended up a bit blown out~ but I didn't have time to fiddle with it :)
Thanks!! have a great weekend :)
The effect is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow, this is gorgeous! Love your texture work, and everything you did!!
ReplyDeleteI love it. I especially love the sparkly texture.
ReplyDeleteI love this, beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSo Beautiful! I love how light it is and I love the texture! Very nicely done!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your PSE edits!
ReplyDeleteOoooo... I really love this. :)
ReplyDeleteHow cool! Changing the background was a really creative twist on the picture. I'm going to have to go check out these things you mentioned in your directions. Too fun!
ReplyDeleteOMGoodness! I think your processing of this image is positively magical. So dreamy and wistful and fun and sparkly!!
ReplyDeleteSomeone at I Heart Faces was requesting fix-its done with PSE. I immediately put the link for YOUR fix it. Really well done!
Thanks so much for playing along with us this week ~ your enhanced photo turned out beautiful. I especially love the sparkly effect you accomplished in the background.
ReplyDelete~Angie
co-founder of I ♥ Faces