Fall shoot with Emma

[Svetlana]

Please check out the slideshow on my blog:
http://svetlanayanovaphotos.blogspot.com/2008/10/slideshow-with-little-emma.html
Sorry I messed up with resizing for the web.

[heathermarie]

Great pictures! :) I love the colors! I also love the one on the bridge the best! I've got one of these tomorrow and Ican't wait!

[christyjo2]

Adorable little girl! The images seem a bit underexposed and the wb seems a bit off on the 2nd. Its hard to pinpoint for sure with the images being so small though. Can you post them any larger? The fall colors are beautiful though! she is a cutie pie!

[Svetlana]

Thanks so much for your feedback! I think the 2nd one seems off due to resizing.:( I'm going to try and post a bigger one now, hope this works:

[KatiaShermanPhotography]

are you from Russia? i'm from Moscow =) =) =) =)

[Svetlana]

No way!!!:)))) I am from Russia, I was born in Uchta but went to the University in Yaroslavl.:) I thought you were from Russia when I saw your name Katia.:)) Love your photos!

[KatiaShermanPhotography]

YEY!!! email me at precious@mail.ru (lol yeah yeah still use good old mail.ru ) or and me too your IM yahoo if you have (katialovesjeff)

[Svetlana]

Here's one more for your C&C:

[christyjo2]

she is precious!, glad you posted a bigger pic, much better ;)

[AndreaBFS]

Cute shots. In the larger version I noticed the second one was underexposed and had some color issues . I had a hard time correcting it because there were just so many bright fall colors competing with her for attention!

http://www.andrearubash.com/POTN/svetlana copy.jpg

[gkuenning]

I really like #2. The combination of the yellow outfit with the yellow leaves makes it a striking picture.

I like AndreaBFS's edit; in the original her skin looks a bit blotchy (especially on the hand).

By the way, I'm curious: do leaves taste better in Russia? Just wondering... ;-)

[Svetlana]

Andrea thanks su much for such a wonderful edit!! I could see mine was underwexposed but i didn't know how to correct that. Do you mind telling me how you achived those colors?

Geoff, lol I think the leaves taste about the same, be it in Canada, US or Russia.:))

[AndreaBFS]

First, I selected the highlights (Ctrl Alt ~), then created a Brightness / Contrast adjustment layer. I clicked the mask and then inverted it (Ctrl i) to invert the mask and protect the highlights. Then I brought up the brightness a lot. I think 75 points.

Then I used a Curves adjustment layer to pull out a ton of red and half as much blue and masked off the sweater because it went too green in that process. Then I added a selective color layer for final tweaking and used that to pull out a little more yellow and blue. I didn't do any other edits.

You can DL the .psd file here: http://www.andrearubash.com/POTN/116-2 resize copy.psd

Hope that helps. :)

[Svetlana]

Thanks a lot Andrea!! I will have to try it with my other photos...

[FocalPrincess]

I think her eating the leaf is hilarious.

[BrokenRoad]

I like them both.