I really wish this wasn't a basic editing challenge because the shot that I had in my mind needed to be fixed. I have one of them that I edited but it still wasn't the shot that I wanted. I had this awesome picture in my mind but I just couldn't get it out of my head and into the camera. I think that I will get a lousy 4+. If I get anything over a 5 I will be VERY surprised. I'm just not that happy with this shot and I'm crunched for time. Anyway that's just my thoughts. Guess we'll see what happens here.
Here was what I did to the image.
Levels RGB 12- .86- 251
Levels Blue, 11- .82- 247
Color Balance Midtones, +2, -25, -12
Selective Colors, Red up
Brightness and Contrast
Blur
USM
Resize
SFW
Oh and BTW, I bet I get a lot of "this is blurry crap" well yes I know it's blurry. I wanted the child to be. As for the ball, HELLO it's spinning. Of course it's blurry. Okay let’s see who just doesn’t get it...
Here is the (Advanced edited) version of the shot. I just couldn't use this one because it of all the cloning I had to do.
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I like the blur of this photograph, and the little boy in the background showing what is about to happen. However, there could be a little more contrast to the image.
i really like this idea, but with the ball spinnig and shallow DOF everything looks blurred. I hate to make a criticism with out a suggested fix, but I can't put my finger on it. Still a nice shot though!
Nice idea, but too much blur for me. Choose the subject to focus on the batter or the ball. probably in this case the batter to let the ball still be able to spin in the photo.
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