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[JABACo]

This past weekend I shot a tennis tournament for a local club. 70% of my shots came out great. However, it's the other 30% that have a small problem.

These shots, the sun washed out the faces of some of the kids playing. Can anyone help me with Photoshop to fix the faces of some of these players.

All I need is for someone to put on the correct procedure and I feel that I'll be able to go from there.

Any help would be most appreciated.

Thanks

Bradley

[maderito]

JABACo wrote:
These shots, the sun washed out the faces of some of the kids playing. Can anyone help me with Photoshop to fix the faces of some of these players.


It would certainly help to see a sample shot -- perhaps a crop of the "washed out" faces.

Washed out usually means lacking dynamic range, saturation and contrast. Perhaps you mean "blown out" -- overexposed to the point the pixels are white.

I assume you're taking JPEGS and can't recover any image data that might be present in RAW.

If washed out:
In Photoshop duplicate the background layer and set the blending mode of the new layer to "multiply." If you recover some image detail, then you may have something further to work with. The easiest next step might be to add a layer mask -- selecting "hide all" -- and then paint in the washed faces by applying white with a soft brush, perhaps with an opacity of 50%, to the layer mask.

This suggestions is just a starting point with the usual caveat that there are many ways to accomplish the same thing in PS.

If blown out:
You'll need divine intervention, not Photoshop.

Good luck climbing the PS learning curve :).

[mwinog2777]

It sounds like you've committed the greatest crime a photograher can make: burning out the highlights. For shame. There's nothing you can do to recover if you've done that.

Check the histogram. If there a lot bunched up to the right, you've lost it. No digital detail left! Nothing you can do. Lucky for you it wasn't a wedding!

If you have detail left work with the levels. In the "levels" there's a bar at the bottom. Move the bottom right cursor to the left to darken white areas.