FIX-IT-FRIDAY - NO.51 - "Snow Smile"

original

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Lightroom3 edit (#1) 

• auto tone
• punch
• my own preset called FB Grungey Glow!
• used iris enhance adjustment brush and set to taste

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PSE edit (#2)

• opened edit 1
• opened original
• coverted original to B&W and then placed as a layer on top of edit 1
• set to soft light and reduced opacity ~ this really enhances the colours :D
• merged down
• copied the layer and cloned out the snow on her face using other areas of her face.
• I thought her eye colour was too much altered, so I selected the colour of her eyes from the original, using the dropper, and then in a duplicate layer of this edit I selected her eyes and used the hue adjustment to bring back in her original colour.
• I then reduced the opacity of the duplicate layer until I reached a compromise I liked!

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Edit #3 

(carrying on from #2) 

• applied my favourite action ~ coffeeshop Johnna's Tea Party
• reduced opacity of both layers and changed top layer to 'soft light' for more punch.

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Edit #4

(from #2)

Applied PW BW beauty with very little adjustment

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Edit #5

(from #2)

applied PW sunshine with reduced opacity to taste.

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Edit #6

(form #2)

Applied PW sepia tones with no adjustment!

I'm pleased with my edits, but one thing I would also have done is to have dodged under her eyes a little (using a duplicate layer back on the initial PSE edit) to reduce the shadows a touch.

Hope you like my edits.

There are lots of other wonderful edits over at Fix-It-Friday ~ take a look!