All adjustments made in adobe photoshop cs unless noted.
Noise reduction - neat image
crop
brightness - -14
contrast - +9
shadow/highlight
Color adjust - red +10
yellow +7
color adjust - master hue +30
color adjust - green +50
color adjust - -30
resize for web
unsharp mask
Open with microsoft digital image pro 10 to reduce file size as needed....Sad huh...
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Love the effect of the "magic" sparkles around her, nicely done. The lights on the tree are distracting as the seem to harsh compared to the rest of the picture. Otherwise very nicely done holiday picture. Good luck
I lke this pic. I'm a little confused how it meets the challenge "Compose a photograph and shoot it as if you were too early." What is too early here? Is it too early to open the gift?