Fix-it-Friday

This picture makes me happy because it reminds me of summer! It's getting cold where I live, but when I look at this picture, I can almost feel the warmth of the sun.

Before edit:



After edit:



Edited in PSE7 using these steps:

1. I opened the image in Camera Raw and made the following adjustments:

Exposure +60
Recovery 40
Fill Light 10
Clarity +10
Vibrance +5

2. Once I opened the image in PSE's full edit mode, I followed these steps:

-Levels Adjustment Layer - outside sliders in (Black-10; White-250)
-Levels Adjustment Layer #2 to brighten the face - Grey-1.61; Black-10
-Photo Filter Layer to cool - lowered opacity to 75%
-Brightness/Contrast Layer for color boost - lowered opacity to 20%
-Levels Adjustment Layer #3 to brighten the face a little more - moved grey slider to the left some; inverted layer mask (Control-I); brushed over the face with a soft white brush
-Flatten
-Saved

3. At this point I ran a few creative actions and added textures for interest:

-Ran Everyday Element's Florida action - turned on the Sunlight layer
-Flatten
-Added an Olde World Texture from Love That Shot - soft light & overlay mode - erased texture from boy
-Ran MCP's Touch of Light/Touch of Darkness action - used the darken layer to bring out the colors of the boy's shirt as well as some of the darker greens in the background
-Flatten and save

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