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One Photo Focus: December 2015
My second contribution to the After-Before Friday Forum coincides with the monthly One Photo Focus. This requires all participants to edit the same image, which in this case has been provided by Julie Powell at Julie Powell Photography. Here is the original:
…and here is my edited version:
Herewith my rationale for the changes I made:
- Cropped for balance, to put the flower itself at the centre of the picture
- Darkened the background, to remove as much as possible that could distract from the subject. I also finished this off with a Lightroom pre-set Light Vignette
- Adjusted the tone curve to soften the white in the petals (Clarity -24) and also bring out detail in the water drops on the right-hand side (Vibrance +30)
- Most radically, I changed the colour at the centre of the image as the original yellow seemed to me to be rather ‘washed-out’. I simply took down the Yellow Hue adjuster to -100, which produced this – I think – more attractive salmon-pink tone
- Cloned over the green ‘blob’ just to the left of centre in the flower, which was another distraction
theonlyD800inthehameau 
nice job
You’re very kind – although, looking at some of the other takes on this image, it’s very clear that I have much to learn, especially in the inkier depths of Photoshop.
I really like the apricot color. Wonderful editing. 😀
Bryan, I love that you did this all in Lightroom! That is my program of choice, only because I understand it 🙂 Changing the color of the flower’s center from yellow to salmon was a really nice touch too. Thanks so much for participating! (My apologies for taking so long to comment – I’m usually a bit quicker, but time just got away from me this past week.)
Thank you for your kind words. I do find Lightroom more intuitive and user-friendy than Photoshop, even though I suspect that that’s where the big boys play. One day, though…
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