Before and After

Had some fun yesterday with a cute photo of Cadence.

Here is the image SOOC

And here is the after! Much better don't you think?

Here's how I did it.

1) Upped the mid-tone levels in a levels adjustment layer

2) Played with the dark and light tones in another levels adjustment layer

3) Ran CoffeeShop's Ice Pop action and changed the opacity of the gradient maps (Gradient Map 1: 35%, Gradient Map 2: 37%, Gradient Map 3: 23%)