First attempt

[misterlab]

This was my first attempt at enhancing and coloring a photo. It's of a co-workers mother. She was very pleased with it as was I but now I'm looking for expert guidence. I used Corel Paint Shop Pro X.

[ydelle]

I am like it, but the sky could be toned done because that was the first thing I saw and not the beautiful mother.
This is great for a first try -this is something I don't do so my hat is off to you
ydelle

[Duv]

Yes, I agree. The sky should be lightened. Also, the blue should be biased to Magenta not Green.

Cheers

Dave

[ydelle]

It would be great if my mind and my fingers worked together. and if these forums would have a spell checker.

[ray12]

Nice first try! Good Job.

Pretty good on the clouds too. They are tough to do by hand. I agree on the reduced saturation and contrast.

Lately I have begun to take photos of clouds near an open field here - I use these realistic clouds all the time as cut ins to add back good looking skys into pictures. Skys are usually pretty much washed out in pictures - so adding back in a perfect one is always fun. And you can easily tweek it till its perfect.