Anybody want a challenge- HELP

[MurphyD]

Hi all,

A friend of mine got a few hopeless pics at his daughter's wedding. I'm trying to make them a bit better. I'm hoping for a 4x6 or 5x7 print. If you want to take a crack at it, the file is here
http://twoeyesopen.zenfolio.com/ in the "Work in Progress" gallery
Let me know what you did because I have 4 or 5 more to do.
Thanks
David

Here's the original

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Here's my first attempt with what I know how to do. These pics are so bad I am going to learn how to smudge and try that.

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[WHISTLING_WINGS]

I would suggest you have the full size file, working on such a small file makes it impossible to do much, maybe another can but I would not attempt it.
It can be pp but the whole file is suggested.

Darrell

 

[WHISTLING_WINGS]

Thanks tom Tom

Never knew zen offered full size files, got something to work on tonight.

Darrell

 

[MurphyD]

Hi all,
I knew there were some hardy souls out there.
Tom, I have NX but don't use it much. I will give it a whirl. Both of yours are better than mine and I didn't think of B&W.

Darrell, zenfolio gives the option to allow or disallow downloading of full size files within a gallery.

Thanks for your help
David

 

[BarryD3]

Hi all,

A friend of mine got a few hopeless pics at his daughter's wedding. I'm trying to make them a bit better. I'm hoping for a 4x6 or 5x7 print. If you want to take a crack at it, the file is here
http://twoeyesopen.zenfolio.com/ in the "Work in Progress" gallery
Let me know what you did because I have 4 or 5 more to do.
Thanks
David

Here's the original

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Here's my first attempt with what I know how to do. These pics are so bad I am going to learn how to smudge and try that. snipped photo

Hi David,

WOW, this is a challenge. Only had a few minutes to fiddle with it, but here is what I tried. Used NX2 and technique to mitigate haze look. Lots of color casting due to natural light, flash, and tungsten light it appears. Yuk! Anyway, I cropped for a 4x6 as you requested. Getting the warmth and saturation right may still needs some help, but I think overall this is better than the original. Hey, I even added a twinkle in their eyes! :smile: Hopefully, this gives you a path to follow, then maybe not. :wink:

Here is my humble attempt. :Unsure:

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Have fun!

 

[spalding12]

from me
noise ninja was the key here

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[RFCGRAPHICS]

just a quickie retouch....a little of this and a little of that...blur background, skin tone correction, retouch faces, burn dodge, noise reduction, etc

Here is the fullsize retouch file if you want to play around with it some more.
Note - 5MB tiff file in a zip
http://rfcgraphics.com/request/wedretouch.zip

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[Butlerkid]

Well....after reducing the noise, slight color correction via levels and some minor cloning, I tried applied minimal dry brush and radial blur to lessen the distracting elements and soften their features.

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Don't know how it will look @ 4x6. Full size it looks more painterly...

 

[Butlerkid]

Here.s the link to the SmugMug photo...

http://butlerkid.smugmug.com/photos/339316950_y9K6A-O.jpg

Just click on the photo to see full size...

 

[MurphyD]

Wow, thanks everyone for your help. I have threatened to get Noise Ninja for some time and it looks like a great value. Boy these are a great help.

Thanks
David

 

[rocketliv]

Props to you all! I looked at that and didn't have a clue but you really made it look fantastic!!! I haven't heard of Noise Nina, thanks for the tip.