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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Shoot & Edit ~ Part Two: March 2011/Flowers


Okay so this is Part Two of the Shoot & Edit Challenge! I'm excited to show you what I did for my edits!! And I hope to participate in this challenge again. Maybe not next week, but definitely during April. :) 

This is the Original:
Can you even see anything? Probably not.

Ashley suggested I try inverting the picture. Which I did. 
Here it is, Inverted:
I don't think I really like what it did to this photo BUT I'm excited to try the idea on other pictures! I had never used the "Invert" function in PSE {or many of the other functions you'll see below). 
I totally dig what it's supposed to do! 
Since that didn't really work out too well, I tried to do something else. 

This next picture is Inverting + Equalizing:
I like this one! The blues are really cool, no pun intended. 

Here's Inverting + Photo Filter {in a rusty orangey hue similar to that of the blossoms on the tree}:
Meh. Doesn't knock my socks off. Too plain. Not enough 'oomph'. But I like the feature. I'm not even sure though, if the color is going to show up once I post this. 
I've never played around with these filters so this was really fun to try out. 

Inverted (?) + Charcoal/Chalk
I really like this one a lot! I might even frame it. It might be my favorite out of the bunch. :)

Fresco
I like this! It's fire-y! Bold! It's got spunk! :)

Inverted + Fresco
I like how this looks so much like a drawing. I'd like to try this on some portraits of the girls. I think with grainy pictures it might work well? I could be completely wrong on that! :)

Plain Old Lighting Fix {Lighten shadows, brighten as a whole, contrast}
I like this one. Still somewhat plain. I really didn't do anything other than adjust the lighting levels. It's definitely one of my favorite edits from this series and most captures the way I saw it with my eyes.

Here are ALL my edits together with the original so you can see all the different ways I edited it.

Hope you found this interesting. :) 
I am having a weird night, sorry my commentary is lacking. 
Thanks for understanding. :)

Check out the other edited pictures at Ashley's blog, here.

13 comments:

  1. I think it looks really cool! So glad you tried it out.

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  2. Very cool! What to think outside the box on that one!

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  3. Thank you so much for the suggestion, Ashley! They were great to try out! :)

    Mommy2Four ~ I had no idea I was thinking outside the box! Haha! Really, I didn't. Thanks for stopping by!! :)

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  4. I really like that last one! :D

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  5. now that is an amazing save - great job!

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  6. Thanks, Jill! I do feel like I saved it. ;) I feel so inspired to try and save the million other dark pictures I have! :)

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  7. Very interesting indeed!! I like Fresco and the last one the best! Amazing you could pull from that photo - great job!! (And I guess I'll stop trashing any photos I take where I forget to adjust my settings and just get an almost black canvas! :))

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  8. I love the fresco! I tried a "difference cloud" on one of my photos--didn't like it for that, but it might work with this photo. Not that you need another edit!

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  9. I tried the difference cloud, it gave the picture a really neat outer space/tye dyed kind of look. I'm going to post that edit and another one I just did ~ Emboss. It looks so cool! :)

    Thanks for all the really wonderful comments everyone! :)

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  10. Looks like you had a lot of fun! It is kind of fun playing with editing, huh? Almost as much fun as finding pictures to take! =)

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  11. I never would have thought to do that with a severely underexposed picture! Thanks for all the tips! I actually liked the invert+photo filter. It reminded me of a card.

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  12. So fun to play around...I like the fun results you got & how you grouped them together in that very cool collage! :)

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