I haven’t done one of these in a while … but decided to give this one a shot and procrastinate other tasks I should be doing during an unplanned morning off (due to clients who are ill). What a cute little baby – and a great photo … it was fun to edit!
Duplicate background layer to do a little spot healing around his chin/mouth
curves adjustment – normal blending
duplicate curves adjustment – soft light blending
TRA “Warm it up Kris” @ 30%
TRA “Oh Snap” @ 54%
TRA Smooth-o-matic @ 25%
selected each eye – “layer via copy” for each eye and then used image … adjustments … levels … white-balance dropper on the white of each eye to brighten them up a bit
slightly sharpen eyes/face details via unsharp mask – brush @ 26% opacity & fill @ 12%
darken background slightly via TRA “Yang” layer mask (of TRA “Yin/Yang”) – large, soft brush at 25% opacity & fill @ 10%
After an inspiring morning at church, I decided I’d better get myself over to The Healing Field 9.11 Memorial at Tempe Beach Park before it’s put away for another year.
I took my camera with me {of course}.
The breeze was blowing as I worked my way through the literal waves of stars & stripes. I stopped at the flag of a young child.
As I admired the sweet little teddy bear who guarded her flag, an older gentleman toting a bugle came up quietly behind me.
He said not a word.
He stood at attention right next to her flag and its proud teddy bear sentry.
