I am really beginning to like Photoshop! I never knew there was so much I could do!
The first photo is of the original landscaping photo that I used. It is a picture of an untouched pasture at our barn, with the sun glistening off the snow near sunset.
The Photoshopped edition of this photo looks completely different. I did several things to the lighting. First, I adjusted the lightness of the shadows to 16%, increased the darken highlights, and increased the midtone contrast. Then I decreased the brightness, and increased the contrast for a more dramatic effect. Finally, I decreased the hue to the red tones to create the pink sunlight. Then I increased the saturation to broaden the hue, and left the lightness at neutral. Here is the final product:
For my next project, I took a simple photo that I used in my macro project. I wanted to see if I would be able to manipulate the color with these settings. Here is the original photo:
The manipulated photo came out with different tones and contrast. First I decreased the lighten shadows option, increased the darken highlights, and increased the midtone contrast to 98%. Then I increased the brightness and increased the contrast. I changed the hue to purple, and increased the saturation and decreased the lightness. The final product came out with more of a 3D effect.
Laurie,
ReplyDeleteBoth your pictures are amazing!! I absolutely love the one of the snow. The redish tint made me feel like I was looking at a beautiful sunset. So calming and comforting.
Amanda
Laurie. You did a nice job. I too am finding that the more I use PS the more I like what it can do and the more creative I fee1. I really like how you added the redish tone to your landscape photo. Definitely gives it a warm feel almost like the sky is blazing and it is going to be a beautiful day the next day (Hope so as tomorrow is the first day of Spring..woo hoo). :) I like the manipulation that you have the second photo with the different color background in lieu of the grey. makes like the object is jumping out at you in the picture. Nice work!!
ReplyDeleteI like the red tint that came out on your snow and clouds, gives it a kind of other world feel. In your second picture the change of background color made the contrasts sharper and also deepened the shadow a bit.
ReplyDeleteLaurie I love what you did with your photos. What a cool idea you did with the first one. I love the red tones, but also how the photo still was still sharp. The second one was definitely more of a 3D affect and I love the purple background.
ReplyDeleteI like the red in the first picture! It makes the shadows in the photo more apparent.
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