Anyway, I didn't want to be too long in posting, so I did edits on the least favored shots last night without Ashley's tutorial. I even edited one I hadn't uploaded to see if it could be improved.
SOOC 7 |
2 Soft Light--100%/60% top erased, Texture--Warm Grunge, Warming 85 Filter |
SOOC 1 |
Some Yellow and Red Boosts--erased hue Saturation on the bottom edge; Paper Grunge Texture, Frame Effect |
Sooc 2 |
This next one was one of my favorites as is. It seems so soft and felt like it needed softer edits.
SOOC 6 Two NaturesBeautyJan28 Textures, Soft Light, Multiply, and a PW Sharpen This on the branches in the foreground |
This still didn't seem soft enough so I added PW Heartland Action and erased it on one branch:
I could see adding a quote to this and printing it for a card or something. Maybe...
So that is what I did last night. Today I read Ashley's tutorial and to the two pictures everyone seemed to like the best I copied exactly what she did (except I chose a slightly different yellow for my fill color). It was great to learn how to add a Lens Flare. On I Heart Faces I couldn't join in this week because I did not have a picture where the sun flared on a face; I did not know I could add it in an edit. Though I imagine the truly great pictures do start with it already there, but I'm a ways away from figuring out that technique!
Here are the results. I do like them. I wouldn't have thought to edit these pictures in this manner, but I think it actually worked pretty well for these shots, particularly the second one.
Edit on Picture SOOC 3 |
Edit on SOOC 5 |
One last edit. It seemed like at least one of these was just screaming to be black and white so I took the SOOC 5 with all of Ashley's edits and ran PW Black Beauty. I do like it.
SOOC 5 Edits and BW |
All Textures are from Kim Klassen's Cafe.
12 comments:
These are really interesting - I like what you did with the 2nd edit a lot...I also like the heartland action - brings a different dimension to it.
Wow! These are great! I honestly am impressed by your edit for sooc #1!
Beautiful! I really love the contrast in colors. The textures are gorgeous!
sooc 3 is my favourite along with the heartland action one. Cornus coloured branches are favourites of mine and I have one orange coloured one in my garden that I realise I never photographed all winter.
Ooohh...I love your edits! Love your texture work! And I www.scrapblog my photos - you can have a professional looking book made with your photos! :)
You did a great job! I love the heartland with one branch erased. It really brings your eye to focus on the branches!
Great job! I really like the edits on photo SOOC 6.
I had to go buy flowers for next week's prompt, so you're not alone there! :)
Wow, love the heartland action edit!
hehe... we both had the same thought (how many pics do you *really* want to see of basically the same thing!) lol!!
You did an excellent job on the edits! I adore the last b&w version and the sunflare edit on sooc 5. Your edit on sooc 6 was really good too!! (I'm not huge on texture, but you used it well and really made the colors pop!)
I like the first and second edits ALOT!
Great edits. I love them.
I really LOVE how you experimented with your yellow branches (which I love by the way)...you did such a creative job! Your textures are my fav :)
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