Adding a child to a group photo

[Damien Symonds]

1 hour ago, Bree said:

What about a layer mask with a soft tiny brush to brush in a few grass blades onto his shoe?

Yes, this, I think.

[Bree]

9 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

Yes, this, I think.

Masked back in the grass from the dodge and burn layer around his shoes and legs. 

[Damien Symonds]

Gosh, nice work.

Looking at it again though, I think you need to go a little lower still with the Lightness slider on that Hue/Sat layer you made.

[Bree]

Ok Hue/saturation layer, brightness down to -6 (was -4)

[Damien Symonds]

I urge you to take it down aggressively first, eg -20, then very slowly bring it back up, and stop where you think it looks most plausible.  I think you'll stop lower than -6, to be honest.

[Bree]

-11

 

[Damien Symonds]

6 minutes ago, Bree said:

-11

Told ya

I think if you can just manufacture a few more blades of grass encroaching onto his shin, that'll be good enough.

[Bree]

I cannot thank you enough Damien! You have been an incredibly patient teacher/instructor and I have learnt a LOT from you both on your FB page, forum and most especially over the last couple of days.

[Damien Symonds]

Now you can start your normal editing, particularly magenta photo filter for the foliage cast on them.

[Bree]

Thanks for that - I have never used a photo filter before to fix casts.

Too subtle? Too heavy?

[Damien Symonds]

Needs more, I think.

[Bree]

16 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

Needs more, I think.

 

[Damien Symonds]

Yeah!!

[Bree]

WooHoo!

And did I say thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!