![]() I also decided I wanted more clouds at the top of the image so I copied and pasted clouds from another image also from this shoot. To do this, I duplicated the layer and used the Clone Stamp tool. Now that I had the reflection in place, I wanted to smooth out the sand along the bottom of the image. I continued to do this to bring in the reflection and some extra hair also from another image. (I often take pictures of the area around where I am doing a shoot in case I want to add in any other details later.) To do this, I used the exact same technique as I did in Step 1 above. Next, I copied and pasted in the bird from another image I took during this shoot. I decided the image needed a bit of brightening so I used a curves adjustment layer and pulled up, just slightly, on the mid-tones.ĥ. I also used the Liquify filter to “poof” out her dress a little more to really play up that sense of movement. I find that using a large soft brush works better than a small brush. Next, I used the clone stamp tool to remove the dry sand and expand the wet, reflective sand across the bottom of the image. To do this, I used Content Aware Scale to expand the sky and sand so that I could create the crop and keep her centered.ģ. I knew I wanted this to be a square crop with the subject in the center. I added a masked to each of these layers and, using a soft brush, I masked off around the leg and dress to blend them in.Ģ. I then repeated this to bring in the dress. I came back to this image and hit Command V to paste in the leg. To composite in her leg and a new bottom to the dress, I used the lasso tool to select the leg from another image then hit Command C to copy it. Since I had taken a number of images, I knew I could composite in the pieces I needed to fix these things.ġ. First, you can’t see her second leg (so she looks a bit like a pelican) and second, I thought her dress looked too bunched up. This was my favorite of the images I captured of the subject skipping but there were two things I didn’t like about it. Please let me know if you have questions. This was not a quick edit, so I tried to share what I did, in detail, for each step. ![]() As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.I have received a lot of questions on how I edited this image so I thought I would share this tutorial in the hopes it provides some inspiration. ![]() Lights: Rotolight AEOS Photo | Genaray Contender Photo: | and Aputure AL-MW: ĭISCLAIMER: This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission. Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 RXD Photo: or Amazon My filming setup: Sony a7R III: B&H Photo: or Amazon: | or | Sony a9 B&H Photo: or Amazon: Get a discount off all Skylum Editing Software (Luminar, Aurora HDR, AirMagic) by using code DUSTINHDR at checkout: īecome a Patron: | Check me out on: Personal Website: | Sign up for my Newsletter: | Instagram: | Google+: | Facebook: | Twitter: | Flickr: | 500px: ![]() Want to support this channel? Use these affiliate links to shop at: To check out a short accompanying article, take a look here: Use code "dustinabbott" at to get 10% everything in the store. Dustin Abbott does a video tutorial of doing post-processing of a horse portrait using Photoshop, Alien Skin Exposure, and Alien Skin Snap Art. ![]()
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