Thursday, March 17, 2011

Shoot and Edit Challenge: Yellow (after)

The lovely and talented Ashley and Jill have teamed together to share their awesome photo editing tips and tricks; this week’s prompt/theme is yellow so I used a photo of some pretty yellow pansies that I took in the garden section at Lowes.  To be honest, I really liked the SOOC, so I only did a few minor tweaks in Picnik:
  1. Manually adjusted the temperature balance to make the overall tones a little warmer.
  2. Ran an action in which the shadows were darkened slightly (I am totally spacing on the name).
  3. I then applied "boost" at about 40%.
  4. Lastly, I attempted to erase some of the flower tags using the clone function; it's not the best job but I did this late last night after a full day of driving and let's just say good enough was totally fine by me.
Here's a side-by-side comparison:



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10 comments:

  1. Ashley SiskMarch 17, 2011 at 7:08 AM

    I agree- your SOOC didn't need much so I'm glad you kept it simple!

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  2. KAEMarch 17, 2011 at 8:05 AM

    What a difference! Great job. Makes me feel inspired to get my camera out and learn how to work it!

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  3. LizMarch 17, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    Love panseys beautiful both ways.

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  4. SusanMarch 17, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    I found you through Shoot & Edit. I love your blog header! Good edit on the pansies, I like that you took out some of the tags.

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  5. koreen (aka: winn)March 17, 2011 at 9:54 AM

    So pretty! Great sooc, too, by the way. I can't wait until it's pansy season here!

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  6. UnknownMarch 17, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    Nice job! :D

    I can't wait for flowers to start arriving here. :)

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  7. CedarMarch 17, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    The pansy in the front really pops after your edit. Love it!

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  8. AnonymousMarch 17, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    I love how vibrant those pansies are! I wish things would start growing around here soon... :P

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  9. julieMarch 17, 2011 at 10:56 PM

    Your SOOC is awesome...but still a great edit! :)

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  10. jillconyersMarch 18, 2011 at 3:21 AM

    Great shot SOOC. The anticipation of spring :)

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