Egg hunting...

The weekend before Easter we had an egg hunt for our nephews. Aunt Inzy was the Easter Bunny and planted all the eggs across our front yard. The boys had a blast I think and so did I. Taking pictures of their expressions was so much fun. They could hardly contain themselves as they opened up each egg to find out what was in it.

The two photos featured here took some retouching because of an awkward lighting situation. At that time of day our house casts a huge shadow on the front lawn, however everything beyond it is bright sun. It made for a few tricky shots that I had to fix in post processing. The above shot was totally under exposed and lacked any pop. Lightroom is great about bring back under exposed things and allowing you to tool with the saturation just a bit to make that egg stand out. It's not perfect but I like it!

This one was a little tricky too and I think I could probably use a little more work but I thought I'd throw it up here anyways. I adjusted the saturation of the grass and tried to remove some dirty stuff from B's face (he was covered in dirt and chocolate!) and did a little work to lighten up his face. Again, not perfect but I like it:)