Fix-It Friday #44

It is Friday which means it is Fix-It Friday at I Heart Faces! I made my changes with Adobe Lightroom (beta version).
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Edit:

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Fix-It Friday #43

It is Fix-It Friday at I Heart Faces again! I love the challenge this provides, especially since I am SO new to editing, and I'm trying to learn. I made my edits using Adobe Lightroom (beta version).
Original:

Edit:

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Constructive Feedback Friday at I Heart Faces

I'm still very new to photography, as well as editing, so I'm really looking forward to today's "Constructive Feedback Friday" at I Heart Faces. I'm ready to learn from the great readers at I Heart Faces! I would love to know what I could do to get a better shot straight of out the camera, as well as any comments about the edit (and editing process).

This is the photo SOOC (I'm being brave and posting it pre-crop . . . please ignore my somewhat messy house in the background!). The background is a thick roll of wrapping paper. I wish it was wider, but it is all I had to work with at the time. She is facing a window. (Here is the image uploaded on Flickr).

Here is the EXIF data:

• Canon Rebel EOS XS with 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens
• f/4.0
• SS 1/25
• ISO 400
• 24 mm focal length
• Manual mode, no flash

First, I straightened the photo slightly (it seemed like it was taken at a slight angle), as well as cropped the photo.

Next, in GIMP, I cloned out the spots on the wrapping paper.

Finally, I opened the photo in Lightroom (I'm checking out the beta version right now) where I increased the fill light, as well as increased the blacks. I feel like it may be too dark in the bottom right corner (as well as too wrinkly).

Thanks again for the constructive feedback! Be sure to check out other entries in "Constructive Feedback Friday!"

Fix-It Friday #39

This week's fix-it Friday at I Heart Faces was more of a challenge for me than the past fixes I've worked on. The photo is very different from the type of photography I've been trying my hand at lately, but I really love this action shot.
Here is the original photo:

Here are my edits. I tweaked the photo in Lightroom first, then played with it in Picnik.



Be sure to check out all the fixes here!

Fix-It Friday #37

Oh, how I wish we had these beautiful leaves where I lived in Texas! For this week's I Heart Faces Fix-It Friday, I used Lightroom to make my edits. I'm still really new to this editing thing, but I'm really enjoying working on these fixes every week.
Original photo:

My edit:

Be sure to check out all the other fixes!