Can someone PLEASE help me fix this photo?

[JETA]

Just got done doing portraits for a football team. They came out really good, until I did an absentee shot today. The sun was out and the shadows are horrible!

Is anyone willing to help me fix it. I've tried many things with PS and only make it look worse.

Here is the photo untouched. You can get it in the original size just by putting the cursor over the right side of the photo. You'll see the photo sizes there.

I'm begging. :cryin:

http://ghhsfootball.smugmug.com/gall...5143#189099986

[jorgemonkey]

Here is a quick edit from me. I take it you're looking at getting the eye shadows gone?

[JETA]

OMgosh! Thank you Scott! That's exactly what meant. The shadows.

Can you tell me how to do that or were you able to do this with the original size?

I cannot say thank YOU enough!

[jorgemonkey]

If you want I can put the PSD on my site and you can download it (Its 90megs!). Well its 90 unless I flatten the layers on it.

Lets see, I knew I should have written down what I did last night.

1. Duplicated background, ran the Shadows & highlight filter.
2. Set the eraser tool to 80% opacity, and made it so is fuzzy (Not sure what the technical name for it is) and erased the top layer except for the facial area. That brightened up the face area & hair more. In erasing everything else, I was able to darken the background a little to make him stand out.

3. Next I selected the bottom layer, and used the marquee tool to just draw a box around the eyes, copy & pasted it onto a new level and used Levels to brighten the area around his eyes as much as I could.

4. Then I grabbed the eraser, and erased the areas around his eyes that didn't need to be brightened, and let it blend in.

4. Then I grabbed the eraser tool in fuzzy mode and erased

[pyredude@alltel.net]

Good job on that fix Scott. I just recently started processing my photos. Big difference and a life saver on more than one occasion.

I have a question. Not being critical at all, I'm still learning. Using a fill flash would have helped in this situation?

Thanks, Darrin

[mn shutterbug]

Good job on that fix Scott. I just recently started processing my photos. Big difference and a life saver on more than one occasion.

I have a question. Not being critical at all, I'm still learning. Using a fill flash would have helped in this situation?

Thanks, Darrin

You know, I was thinking the exact same thing.

[CitizenM]

jorgemonkey, what editing program are u using and what does PSD stand for? Good job ;)

[Xia_Ke]

jorgemonkey, what editing program are u using and what does PSD stand for? Good job ;)

He's using Photoshop. PSD is the extension for a Photoshop project file.

[livin4lax09]

nice edit scott. looks exactly like what I would have done.

[jgredline]

Wow, Amazing difference...Great job!!!

[transparency]

jorgemonkey, what editing program are u using and what does PSD stand for? Good job ;)

.PSD (Photoshop Document)
.PSB (Photoshop Big)
.PDD (PhotoDeluxe Document)