Ren Fair fairy

[Big John]

Hi everyone, I just came across this picture that I took last summer and it made me smile because I canty wait to take my D-Rebel to the fair this year!

[Vetteography]

That is an amazing picture!

[Skip Souza]

Wow, gorgeous colors.

[Big John]

Thanks! It was a quick grab shot as we were leaving and played around with it in elements. Here is the original

[Leorooster]

Lovely....

[Raj]

Beautiful lovely lady :-)

[Citizensmith]

Nice work on the background, it improved the photo a lot. Nice bright image.

[mgbeach]

a definite improvement with the blur. Great, great lighting. I'm guessing the sun coming through trees? Which fair is this? I'd love to catch one soon. One more thing, I like the little wing in the original. did you mean to blur it out?

[Big John]

This was taken at the Bristol Wisconsin Rennassiance faire last summer. I did intentionaly blur the wing out because I did not think to clone it and add it to the other shoulder for balance!

[mgbeach]

cloning it would be a great touch.

[Ballen Photo]

WOW! I like everything about this from the comp you chose, the DOF, and the light was superb.
Doesn't hurt that She's a "CUTE" Fairy to boot. ;) :D
-Bruce

[thomascanty]

I just might have to drag myself to a Ren Fair sometime if girls like this hang out there... :D Great picture!

[Andy_T]

Great image, but the colours are a bit off ... she doesn't look healthy :wink:

Best regards,
Andy

[MAD DOG]

I think it looks GREAT!

[sixshot]

Great shot.

[bikerider]

Fantastic shot, I just want to keep looking at it as if something's going to happen, a very well captured moment......and her fairy skin colours look great......was she a good fairy or a naughty fairy?
Roger.

[dioptic]

That's a cool image. Would you mind explaining how you blurred the background, please?

Thanks.

dioptic

[Big John]

I used Photoshop Elements to blur the background. I used the polygonal lasso tool and then carefully traced around the edges of the girl, feathering the selection by one or two pixels. I did it in small sections, and then used Guasson Blur in each selection. I finished it off by blending all my selections together using the blur brush.

If I had to do it again I would have created a new layer, blurred the whole image to the desired effect, and then gone in with an eraser over the girl, which would erase the top, blurred portion and reveale the girl in focus in the layer below.

As for Roger's question about her being a good fairy or a bad fairy; This young lady was definately a good fairy. About five weeks later there was another girl in the same makeup who was definately playing it "naughty"! Maybe I can find some of those pictures and post them as well.

[Ballen Photo]

About five weeks later there was another girl in the same makeup who was definately playing it "naughty"! Maybe I can find some of those pictures and post them as well.
Please DO! Should be an interesting comparison. ;)
-Bruce