Anything that can be done?

[shavri]

I was watching this kid play and after asking his parents permission grabbed a couple of quick pics. When I got done I found this one. I LOVE the picture, but know it isn't great exposure ect. Right now it has only been cropped and scaled in GIMP.

I am just starting to learn about post-processing and am hoping someone can provide some tips about what could be done to make this shot the best it could be.

Any information, or direction will be appreciated.

Thank you.

[jfrancho]

I applied some noise reduction, levels adjustment, and sharpening. I'm not sure if it's any better. A flash would have helped this picture.

http://plan-b.smugmug.com/photos/60743308-L.jpg

[Pekka]

64853

Very rought and quick edit.

1. upwards curve to bring the boy up in exposure
2. history brush to get the background back to originial level
3. sharpen
4. history brush to remove sharpening from top back
5. convert to srgb

[yb98]

http://bellik.free.fr/gamin.jpg

0. remove the road
1. adjust levels
2. duplicate layer
3. apply gaussian blur
4 play with opacity and fusion modes.

Yacine.

[Bookmarks]

1. Make a duplicate layer
2. Cut out boy and rock ( do a better job than mine )
3. Use Image-Adjustments-Shadow/Highlights to lighten boy and rock
4. reverse selection and remove from top layer
5. select bottom layer and apply lens blur

64881

[Sharpy]

Getting rid of the blue tone in the skin of his face and arm/hand area was a problem, what do you think?
Regards Alan S.

[tzalman]

1. Luminousity mask - dark tones, 0-40%.
2. Up curve.
3. Luminousity mask - lightest tones, 90-100%.
4. Down curve.
5. Unsharp Mask - Rad. 40, Amount 20%.
6. Levels.
7 Unsharp Mask - Rad 0.3, Amount 135%.
Elie

[shavri]

Wow, some talent out here isn't there. Thanks you everyone for all the suggestions. A wide variety of styles and tips. I will play with them and see what I can learn from each.

Thanks for helping me learn