A Splash of Jonah

Look at Jonah... boy, oh boy, he is growing :>)

Stephanie from Behind the Camera and Dreaming is co-host of the Edit Me Challenge, and this is her little guy, Jonah!

It's a fun, splashy, summery photo to edit.

Enjoy the summer... we're officially half way back to Christmas :>)

Loving all the sparkling water droplets, especially on Jonah's cute face!  

For the edit, I wanted to bring out the sparkles and to be sure that his eyes were the focal point.  

Here it is:

What is in the edit (using Photoshop CS4):

• Cloned out areas next to arm, neck, and above head.  Used patch tool to soften transitions.
• Cloned more sparkling water droplets over left side of photo, using patch tool to blend.
• Curves adjustment, to lighten and brighten.
• Second curves adjustment, inverted, and brushed on face - to lighten shadows
• Levels adjustment, to increase the darks which popped the color
• Increased contrast, slightly lowered vibrance, increased saturation
• Used color balance to mask out skin redness
• To bring out eyes, used dodge tool, saturation tool, selective sharpening, and hue /brightness adjustment.
• To highlight droplets, used the dodge tool. Also used burn tool to the left of Jonah to bring out shadows
• Another curves adjustment
• Sized and sharpened for web