Sleepy Traveler

My son caught my eye while my wife took her turn at the wheel. I simply couldn't resist this subject. How did I do with the exposure? In post I added a curves layer and a soft light filter and made a +4 adjustment to saturation.

I can't really see the image perfectly on my laptop but this was a quick edit while I was in the car.

Jaedon,

I like it and for all the wrong reasons I suspect. I personally like photos of subjects where half the face, whether people or animals, is dark. To me if the image strikes a chord, you really want to look closer and I spent long moments looking at this. If there is anything I could suggest it would to tone down the highlights as they are nearly approaching blown out. Was this late afternoon sun?

Thanks for sharing.

CF

Thanks for the comments CF. Yes it was late afternoon sun, about an hour before sundown. I will tone down the highlights a bit more and see what I end up with. As I said in the first post I did the edit in a moving car on my laptop just messing around as I had nothing else to do while we drove and the kids were sleeping.

I plan on doing more serious editing when I get back home but it's nice to get an idea of whether or not I am headed in the right direction.

Jay

Jay i think anywhere between the 2 edits would be much better...

I agree with CF, since i too like half the face in shadows.... nice grab!

Marc