The Power of Post Processing

I took a shot of one of my Nieces yesterday.  It was just a quick nap shot, nothing all that special and it came out OK, but I got a vision for it and went to work in post processing.  I'm pretty happy with the end results.

I used Photoshop CS3 and OnOne, which is a plug-in for Photoshop.  I also used some techniques I learned from Glyn Dewis.  The original shot wasn't properly exposed, was a tad soft, and just plain had issues.  With the power of post processing I was able to fix (to an acceptable level) these issues.  I also added some textures to complete the vision I was going for.  So without further delay, here is the before and the after.

BEFORE

AFTER