Continued...
I started by making a selection of the face to make some enhancement. The idea is to make some gentle adjustments to draw attention to the face, without it looking unnatural.
I decided to use a quick selection tool as the face is lighter than the surroundings. The original selection included some of the background near the top of the image – this happened because the tonal range of the background is similar to the average tone of the face. I used the Alt- function to deselect the extra background area.
Picture 1: Image before adjustments
Picture 2: Image with the original selection
Picture 3: Image with the amended selection – Perfect!
Picture 4: Adjusting the image in Photoshop
I then made adjustments using the Hue/ Saturate, Curves and Colour balance tools. I wanted the image to look a little lighter. I also wanted to reduce the excess of redness of the skin.
Picture 5: Making some colour and tone adjustments in Photoshop
Picture 6: Final Image
