I was hoping to get better results while attempting to fix this photo, but it definitely is an improvement to the original. Yes, I knew when taking it that the window was going to be blown out, but I didn't have time to stop the progress, and they were already in the moment. But I do like how the dodge and burn tool worked. I followed the steps in the tutorial that Karen provided. I like using this tool now that I understand it more. I also cropped the second photo in hopes that you would be able to see the changes. It doesn't seem to be as apparent here on the blog as it did in Photoshop. I did burned the window down to the brides maid , and then the sun spot near the footless shoe. I dodged the bride's face, and the foot being put in the shoe. I did not change the matron of honors dress but it appears darker in the second photo, or is it just me.
Original

Dodge and Burn

2 comments:
I see what you mean about the dress color. Hmm This would've been a difficult photo no matter what, but I think you did a stellar job trying and made quite a bit of progress. The thing with wash outs as you well know is that the information is simply lacking from the original. I like how the bride is almost a silhouette, you might want to try to actually darken it on her face and see what happens!
Thanks Karen. I had actually been thinking the same thing when I first saw the photo, but figured the bride might not get that turning it into a silhouette was my intention or what I had thought when I first viewed the photo.
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