Photo With Highlights

Sometimes you find photos that look rather nice, but the colors are not as bright as you want them to be. An example is the photo below.

 

1) Open up your image in Photoshop Elements. 

2) Go to Layer - New - Layer. 

 

3) Select the brush tool (B) and use a soft, large brush. Set the opacity of the brush to 80%.

 

4) Select a color that complements your photo,  I am using #99131e. 

5) Go over the entire photo once, make sure you do not paint the same area twice. Once your entire photo is covered, paint sort of a blob in the corner so you cannot see through at all. 

 

6) Set the blend mode of this layer to 'soft light'. 

7) Again create a new layer by going to Layer - New - Layer. 

8) Change your color to something lighter and brigher. I am using #ff2638.

9) Paint in the corner again and even over the petal like I have done below. 

 

10) Set the blend mode to 'color'. Right now your layers palette should look similar to the one below. 

 

 

You are done! Hope you are satisfied with the outcome.