Ideas.. for fixing this pic

[GemGem]

Hi!

I took some pictures of my niece and would like to make a story board for my sister in law.

I REALLY like this picture. have not figure out how to lower the overexposure on her face, but I still like the pic.what bother me is silly me, pointed the flash right at the fireplace! this is what I could do to make it a lil' less obvious.. I wanted to upload more than one pic to this same thread, but couldn't figure out how. . I guess today is my day!! ha!

Ideas, suggestions..

Thank you!

[jjbong]

Hi!

Ideas, suggestions..

Thank you!

Here is my attempt, which took just a few minutes:

http://jjbong.smugmug.com/photos/425214115_49X59-M.jpg


What I did:

1. Added a layer in Luminosity mode.
2. On that layer, I blended the merged Blue channel into the Red channel, 100%
I also then blended the merged Blue channel into the Green channel, darken mode, 30%
This restored some shape to the face and some detail to the hair. The background
lost detail, but I assume this to be unimportant.
3. I did a quick Clone Stamp on the background to get rid of the flash artifact. This was
fairly easy, due to the texture in that area.
4. I added a Curves adjustment layer, and lightened both the Red and Green channels, and then
steepened them a bit to add some contrast into the face and hair.

[du8die]

Here's my attempt...

Created a new layer (Using the Layer > New, not the new layer button in the layers palette.) On the "new Layer" dialog, set the mode to "Soft Light" and check the "Fill with soft-light-neutral color (50% gray)." Then used the dodge tool to tone down the face and mantle.

That's all...

[joshhuntnm]

another quick and easier way is with levels. move the middle slider to taste.

[GemGem]

another quick and easier way is with levels. move the middle slider to taste.

Thank you both for your replies and suggestions.. I will play around with it more.. Oh photoshop, what would we do w.o you!!

Have an awesome Thanksgiving!!
GG