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Blazing away at a kids birthday party a couple of weekends back and got this shot of the partner in crime that I quite liked.



Thought I'd use it to give Lightroom more of a workout than I had so far.

I like the result, but there are a few flaws due to my hate affair with Photoshop's lasso tool. Is there a better way to separate an object from the rest of the image? I'm open to any suggestions.

Anyhow, here is the result so far. C & c welcome



Cheers, John

You've done very well transforming and ordinary snapshot into something else...

Have you tried Capture NX? I recently downloaded and installed the program and upon reading its instructions it seems to offer a few features that are alternatives to lasso tools of PS that supposedly make it more user friendly. IIRC 30 day trial are available from Nikon's site.

Well you've done well, I don't think I'd of even seen the shot to try it let alone had the patience to do all the PP to form the final result.

Thanks for your kind comments, Onyx and Alpha_7.

I have been using Nikon Capture for pp'ing raw files and am just starting to look more deeply into Lightroom. I like Lightroom's interface for manipulating curves, I seem to be able to get better results far easier than with NC or PS.

I'll have a look at Capture NX, Onyx. Can never have too many tools, can we?

Cheers, John

Wow - you have really improved the shot. I would take more time to improve the left side of the image - there are a couple of spots of her that are blurry and her earring is blurred out too. I know it must have taken ages to do this. Well done!