is it possible to fix the lighting in this picture??

[nrsephotographer]

Hello photoshop pros!

I really need some help, I'm in over my head. I have this great picture and able to edit it so far. However my lighting was of course not perfect when i took the picture. Is there any way (simplified) that I can add light to the bottom left corner and highlight the wooden blocks?? anything that makes it more apart of the picture? Or am i shit out of luck with the poor lighting i originally used?

any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[agentmoeller]

Duplicate the layer.

Add a brightness adjustment layer to the new layer. Slide the brightness to about +111. Add a white-to-light-gray gradient to the layer mask of the adjustment layer.

Use your paintbrush with the color set to white, and paint the blocks.

It should look something like this.

 

[Dataflow]

i would also blur the BG

 

[Sierraccr]

This is a ridiculously cute picture.....


Tried some corrections to exposure and stuff to just the blocks then added a vignette. See if you like it.

 

[Paul]

Just light adjustments via pen tool isolation.
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