Photos 1

We were asked to have some photos for the next time we meet, so here is one before/after...

BEFORE

AFTER

I only did a few things to the Photo.  It was taken at Lowe's shortly after the worker watered the flowers with the mister.  I used the Quick Select tool in Photoshop to isolate the flower and its leaves.  I then copied that selection into a New Layer and adjusted the color balance just a little bit to get rid of the pervasive light pink.  I then added another Layer that I filled with White and put it beneath the flower layer.  I used a large diameter soft edge Eraser around the edge of the flower to get rid of the jagged/hard edge.  I then did some varied Dodging and Burning to draw out some of the highlights and colors that weren't as evident in the original.  I then made a thin rectangular selection around the edge by adding Rectangle Selections together (in a New Layer) and filled it Black so that the image would be more definable here on the white Blog page.