My First Attempt at Before & After

[JuliaM]

This is the biggest edit I've done so far.

The following is a picture of my brother and his family at the lake. In the "Before" picture my niece was farther away from the rest of her family. In the first "After" picture I moved her closer to the rest of the family. The second is just an attempt at an added "duck".

My favorite "After" is the one without the duck.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1CVYIEknafPZnsZHRf7wkaec77v2WF0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1CVYIEknafPZnsZHRf7wkaec77v2WF0)

I welcome any comments or suggestions!

Thanks,

JuliaM

[Teacher617]

Very nice! You maintained the size proportions of the people quite well. Adding the duck fits perfectly. :)

Tricia

[tnwaltz]

Julia, you did a nice job. I like the one with the duck added but it looks a little large.

[Byron Gale]

Duck, duck.... goose! ;)

Nicely done -- it is fortunate that the you were able to work with the same lighting angle on your moved person. It appears seamless!!

[Wendy]

Hey that looks great ... :)

Wendy

[kroberts]

Julia,

Great job, I wouldn't have known you moved your niece until you told us!:) I like the one without the duck, too--a quiet family moment!

[JuliaM]

Thanks so much for the comments. I enjoyed working on this and I'm looking forward to practicing with a few more photos.

I like the one with the duck added but it looks a little large.

tnwaltz

Thanks for the advice. :) I'm going to work on the duck more tonight; Going a little smaller will look better.

I love Photoshop! I wish I'd had this program when my kids were little. I'm enjoying it now, though!

Looking forward to my next "Before & After".

JuliaM

[msbrad]

I like it and I like the duck there. It gives the family something to be looking at instead of an empty pond.
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[uniqcrafts]

What a great job. I prefer the duck as well, gives them something to look at. Another idea would be to give a reflection of something, not sure of what though. Anyway, just an idea.

[vawitt]

Nice work! I enjoyed looking at this - it reminded me of the little game in some newspapers - "how are these two pictures different?" :)

~Val in breezy IL

[Orphanannie]

Hi Julia,

Nice Job on the moving of your niece... What were they looking at before you added the duck???

[JuliaM]

Thanks!

Michelle (msbrad).. I thought the duck added a little something too. :)

Michelle (uniqcrafts).. A reflection would be a good idea! I thought of several things when I was working on this one. I'll have to experiment some more. :)

Val... Same here. I love looking at the before's & after's. I'm glad they added this forum. It shows so much creativity! :)

Andrea... The kids were skipping rocks across the water. They were just seeing how far they would go. :)

Thanks for checking out my first before & after. I appreciate all of the suggestions!

JuliaM

[John L Gray]

Julia,


Nice work on the after photo. The duck adds a lot to the image.


John