Guy...related to Whitney and my Jack...

Jack's breeder asked me to do some work on a photo of her dog, Guy, for next year's Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club Yearbook...

I had to remove the background and add in some colour...

She was very pleased and has given me permission to post it here...Guy is {Alison's} Whitney's litter brother, same parents but different litter from my Jack, and half brother to my Kyla.



I think he is just stunning, he has qualified for Crufts next year :mexwav: and I'm going to go down to see him...WOO HOO!!!

Wow Nicki, that is one beautiful Cavalier!!!
Great photography - well done you

Thanks Claire...sadly I didn't get to take the photograph - shame I would love to have a chance to cuddle that wee fellow I just worked on it, the background was houses and fences, and we wanted to make him stand out.

Did you smudge around him and then put a smudge fill of colour in? Beautiful work! I'd like to know how you did it if my guess above was too simplistic...

Oh, Nicki, he is breathtakingly beautiful. And the picture you did is terrific! Nice work. I sure hope he wins at Crufts.

:l*v: handsome boy

Oh My Nicki he is stunning, no wonder Whitney, Jack & Kyla are all so goregeous. :lotsaluv:

So are we all sending you orders now to do the same for us.

No wonder he qualified for Crufts he really is one absolutey beautiful cavalier.

You, Allison & Donna are all lucky that you are going to Crufts and get to see him in person.

That's lovely work on a lovely dog pic! Such a beautiful full coat!

Wow...he absolutely takes my breath away!! What a totally stunning fabulous looking boy. Seriously...you should have heard me sigh as I scrolled down to see his picture!!

What a beautiful boy! I just love that photo - wonderful work, Nicki!

Thanks everyone....I just think he is so lovely, it was a pleasure to work on him!!!

Originally I boosted the colours with the shadow/highlights tool {as I do with most digital photos} and sharpened the image a little.

I then had to select Guy from the background {using the magic wand tool in Photoshop, with lots of additions and subtractions, it took AGES }. Then feather that selection to give the soft edge.

I removed the colour from the existing background {desaturate - but don't use that to convert to black and white as it doesn't give a good range of tones}, then used a blurring filter on the background.

I then put colour back into the background, a bit of trial and error to see what looked best

Took most of the evening as I'm still learning Photoshop but it was good fun!!!

I might think about taking orders in the future Lulu LOL!!!