Edit Me Challenge Week 20

This week's Edit Me Challenge over at My Reflection of Something was super fun for me.  I don't spend much time editing photos of babies (probably because I don't have any babies to take pictures of).  The fact that this photo had a blank canvas for a background gave me a chance to really have fun with it.

I started out by playing around with the levels until I got the base of the picture where I wanted it.  I then applied "Cute Baby Action" by M-a-e-e to soften and brighten the baby.  I then added a hue/saturation mask on that adorable bow, which I changed to blue to emphasize it a bit more.

Next I used a curves mask to warm the basket color a bit and did some fine tuning around the eye clarity.

I then added a damask background with a blue tone which I thought really made the photo.  Finally I cropped the photo so baby's face would be the focus.

So much fun!

Photo editing is so cool!  It's truly amazing what you can do with/to a photo!