Photo Retouching gods please help

[Coqui]

I don't know if this would be the right forum for this, however, someone took a picture of my son and well didn't do a great job. It's underexposed, grainy as hell, and the color balance is all messed up. I'm hoping to see if someone can do a better job than I could at retouching tthis to make it better.

Here's the original pic:

And here's my attempt at fixing it:

Any help would be appreciated

 

[Coqui]

Take 2 on retouching

 

[itburnswhenipee]

You have a drum kit?

And a cinder block wall?

This is your house? I've seen your house. I recall neither of these things.


Oh... also, I have no photoshop talent. Sorry.

 

[Wessels]

i don't know if there is really any magic you can do to make it look much better

 

[water]

I tried my best to improve it, here's how it turned out...

Basically I just used the "Insert Jill Wagner" option.

 

[itburnswhenipee]

I tried my best to improve it, here's how it turned out...

Who is that?

Also:

What the fuck is up with that belt buckle? Is she trying to keep her pants up? Or is she trying to defeat Medusa?

 

[Sarcasmo]

Jill Wagner, Lincoln/Mercury commercial hottie.

And random television actress, according to IMDB.

 

[water]

Jill Wagner, Lincoln/Mercury commercial hottie.

And random television actress, according to IMDB.

She was on the short-lived Blade TV series, and is now on the MXC-clone show Wipe Out.

 

[fly]

CALLING ALL SPANGES, CALLING ALL SPANGES

 

[eileenbunny]

You have a drum kit?

And a cinder block wall?

This is your house? I've seen your house. I recall neither of these things.


Oh... also, I have no photoshop talent. Sorry.

I'm guessing that is his basement, and of course he has drums, he's a drummer. You did know this.

 

[Dharma1521]

 

[APRIL]

Black and white looks the best, imo. Makes it look like the pic was MEANT to be taken that way.

 

[Sp`ange]

the b&w is pretty nice. are these the original res images?

 

[Sp`ange]

I could've prolly down better, but it's very time-consuming without a tablet... or mouse..

Two versions.

they noise just kills this thing.. the only real fix is to hand paint everything back in or to stage the pic and take it again, but with a flash.

 

[MooK]

I could've prolly down better, but it's very time-consuming without a tablet... or mouse..

Two versions.

they noise just kills this thing.. the only real fix is to hand paint everything back in or to stage the pic and take it again, but with a flash.

Noise pretty much kills it. I tried to dumb down colours and flatten it out but it ended up not working aswell as just plain noise removal.

This took me a few mins to put together, didn't put a lot of effort into it (you can tell, it's all still very dark.) Lowering the reso will of course, make it better looking.

 

[Wessels]

look how smooth

 

[Dharma1521]

the b&w is pretty nice. are these the original res images?

I do not speak your language.

 

[APRIL]

I do not speak your language.

resolution... now do you speak it?

 

[Dharma1521]

resolution... now do you speak it?

I don't know I played around on Photoshop. I don't know. I DON"T KNOW. But I saved a copy if he wants it

 

[Coqui]

the b&w is pretty nice. are these the original res images?

Sadly yes. This was a spur of the moment thing since he actually had both drumsticks in his hands and was playing.