Heavily Shopped

Need some thoughts from just a quick glance perspective. Not pixel peeping (mainly because it is copied from Facebook) but just simply at a quick glance, does anything seem off?

Why? Because it is pretty heavily photoshopped and I just want to know if I need to adjust anything before it is handed over. The before and after image is over on the Facebook page if anyone is curious as to what was photoshopped in and out.

Why have that huge banner at the bottom?! Wow..it is the photo....

Without it looming..the photo would be cute, except for obligatory not needed tilt
I like the DOF in this one.

Flo wrote in post #11665796
Why have that huge banner at the bottom?! Wow..it is the photo....

Without it looming..the photo would be cute, except for obligatory not needed tilt
I like the DOF in this one.

banner is there as 98% of my business comes from FB or travels through our FB page... it is a work in progress... constantly changing until I get it where I want it. This one is not used anymore. Used it for one set and changed it as I also thought it was too large. The new one is the same, just much thinner.

Did you use a fill flash on the baby? Something seems off with the spatial relationship between the parents and kid, like it was two photos put together, and I'm thinking it might be lighting that's giving me that impression... or you lightened the baby's skin tone / face?

I don't think it's actually two photos, there's just *something* I can't place that's the slightest bit off.

basic curves adjusting was done as most photos are so that changed the light on the baby's face... I'm more concerned if anything with the baby it self looked off...

The baseboard in the background lost the shadow. That's what made me feel like it was two different photos put together. Because the baseboard looks much bigger.

LettieVonDread wrote in post #11666988
The baseboard in the background lost the shadow. That's what made me feel like it was two different photos put together. Because the baseboard looks much bigger.

Yep, good call. I think that's what was doing it for me as well.

Wow good job of cloning the other person and teddy bear out.

Agreed, good cloning job. If the baseboard and baby's face weren't so light it'd be hard to tell any editing had been done, at first glance.

I didn't notice ANYTHING that would have made me think that someone had been clean edited out. Seems like a pretty darn good job to me!

yeah that's a pretty fine cloning job! how long did it take you to edit this image?

sick cloning job, i cant even begin to wonder how to

I really like the comp and dof, but I find the tilt distracting

Excellent cloning, but is it just me, the babys cheeks are a bit orangy?

thanks. will fix the baseboard. I thought it was off as well but was pretty sure I had lined it up using guide lines. Gotta redo it anyway because like a moron... i saved over the large file with the small file for Facebook. ooops.

will also address the tilt. It wasn't intentional but it's what I got while trying to keep the baby that wouldn't stay still for more than half a second in the frame.

And it took three hours but mainly because I had two screaming kids and a wife asking me for this and that every 15 minutes.