Thanks to a link from a link from iHeartFaces… I got lost… nay, I found out how to manually set all sorts of stuff on my Nikon D40X, like aperture and shutter speed and, even more useful, how to use my viewfinder to check if the dang thing is going to be exposed even close to properly. So I grabbed my 13 year old, slapped some paint on her face and dragged her off to the railway station for some picture taking. By the time she’d warmed up to it I’d finally managed to get a hang of some of the buttons I’d read about and thought I understood. I’m still editing those, so with continued frustration at my output I spent all day Thursday just taking photos with the flash off, swapping lenses and trying every combination of settings. I have some cracking photos of my feet. I noticed this little gem amongst what was, on the whole, pretty dire. I cropped it down to the good bit and played around with Lightroom and Photoshop and got this…
from this…
Gotta love Photoshop.
Great job what a cutie:)
Oooo… I LOVE the close up crop. Every little detail in the eye and face… wonderful! 🙂
Love it – great clarity 🙂 Beautiful and VERY creative 😀
I love this picture.. the crop really makes it
I would say that all your practice is paying off. You’ve got one awesome shot here – the editing and crop are amazing!
I love this! What a beautiful photo, and the crop and edit made it amazing 🙂
wow I love that picture!
wow I love that picture!
That is just amazing!
wowzers! I like the before AND the after. Awesome detail…
I love this crop! Great job!
Wow–this is amazing! Well done!
That photo is GORGEOUS! I love what you did with it.
This is just amazing! What a beautiful crop – those lashes, the sun . . . I’m impressed! And way to go with working on improving. I always want to try, but don’t feel like I have the time or energy to figure it out. I wish someone could just zap the knowledge too me haha 🙂
I love this, just beautiful.
What a fantastic difference your crop made! I’ll bet you had fun learning so much in one day. That’s awesome!
~Angie
co-founder of I ♥ Faces
What a wonderful shot. I like the tilt.
that’s great – it’s amazing the difference from the original photo – great job.