ABFriday One Photo Focus – Initial Photo by Emilio Pasquale

ABFriday is starting One Photo Focus once a month. This month the photo comes from Emilio Pasquale over at Photos by Emilio. Here is his initial photo. It look like a hot I could have taken since I adore vintage and crusty old vehicles.

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Here are a few steps that I took to make this image look more like my own.

Cropped it just a little bit.
Took out all color except for yellow and orange. I like that it kept all the rust in the photo.
Then turned the remain yellow to orange.
The painted a bright yellow over the orange truck to make it a much brighter color.

I hope you ENJOY my final version.

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Qi (energy) hugs

Cee

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Life in the 50's and beyond... says:

January 9, 2015 at 05:09

I really like how the details came to life with your adjustments! Nice job.

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 9, 2015 at 07:56
  
  Thanks. Glad you like it.
  
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kerlund74 says:

January 9, 2015 at 05:39

Beautiful edited, like it:)

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 9, 2015 at 07:57
  
  Thanks for commenting.
  
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nowathome says:

January 9, 2015 at 05:52

I like that a lot!

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 9, 2015 at 07:57
  
  Thanks 🙂
  
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sunsetdragon says:

January 9, 2015 at 06:15

This is a great shot.

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 9, 2015 at 07:57
  
  So glad you like this Ruth.
  
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maddmombetty says:

January 9, 2015 at 06:16

Good job! Love it!

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 9, 2015 at 07:57
  
  Thanks Betty 🙂
  
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amazingtammy12 says:

January 9, 2015 at 07:39

Love the finished product 🙂 Simple but dramatic.

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 9, 2015 at 07:57
  
  Thanks so much Tammy for commenting. Glad you like the edit.
  
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Mary says:

January 9, 2015 at 07:44

Love that. The yellow truck was the main focal point to me as well.

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 9, 2015 at 07:58
  
  That old yellow truck is fabulous. 🙂 Thanks.
  
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Cardinal Guzman says:

January 9, 2015 at 09:35

Lovely processing. It was really interesting to see all the different results.

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 9, 2015 at 10:01
  
  Thanks for commenting. It was fun looking at everyone’s work. 🙂
  
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katieprior says:

January 9, 2015 at 12:09

Great processing, love the old rusty effect you got, nice work! 🙂

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 9, 2015 at 12:17
  
  Thanks Katie. Have a great weekend!
  
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  - katieprior says:
    
    January 9, 2015 at 12:22
    
    Thanks, and you. 🙂
    
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Ana Perry says:

January 9, 2015 at 13:53

very nice, I like how the final version looks so vintage

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 9, 2015 at 15:20
  
  Glad you liked my editing Ana.
  
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Linda Visman - wangiwriter says:

January 9, 2015 at 14:30

Well done, Cee! Love yours much better than the original. 🙂

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 9, 2015 at 15:20
  
  Hi Linda, so glad you liked my editing. 🙂
  
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Linne says:

January 9, 2015 at 16:05

Thanks, Cee! I love old trucks, too and that’s a great photo. I like your adjustments, too; the grille colours suddenly just perked right up! Have a great New Year! ~ Linne

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 9, 2015 at 17:41
  
  Thanks Linne for commenting. Happy New Year!
  
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lensaddiction says:

January 9, 2015 at 19:38

The orange tone to the ground is a bit startling but I love the effect it had on the trucks, picking out some and not others – really original and that was the point in the end 🙂

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 10, 2015 at 09:01
  
  Thanks for your comment.
  
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Ben Rowe Aperturef64 says:

January 9, 2015 at 20:54

When I first saw the picture I thought you had replicated the two strip technicolor and feels a bit like Wizard of Oz.
Really like the edit Cee. Well done.

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 10, 2015 at 09:02
  
  Thanks Ben for your comment. I just played around and kind of liked that effect.
  
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Robin S. Kent says:

January 10, 2015 at 11:20

Straightforward and effective. Nicely done.

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 10, 2015 at 17:16
  
  Thanks for your comment Robin. 🙂
  
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kcinaz says:

January 10, 2015 at 19:27

Really like what you did. It shows me that I don’t need to add so much color to make it stand out.

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 11, 2015 at 08:18
  
  Glad you like what I did. It’s fun to play around with all types of color.
  
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dogear6 says:

January 10, 2015 at 21:35

You really brightened up those colors! I love how you drew my eye to the front yellow while fading away the ones farther back. Good job of editing as always!

Nancy

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 11, 2015 at 08:19
  
  Hi Nancy, thanks for commenting. Glad you like my edit. 🙂
  
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Robyn G says:

January 11, 2015 at 19:05

This was a very fun project Cee and I like way you have edited Emilio’s photo.
Love the way you desaturated and kept selective colours only.
Very nice result 🙂

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 12, 2015 at 09:33
  
  Thanks Robyn for commenting 🙂
  
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Stacy P. Fischer says:

January 11, 2015 at 22:04

Love how you made the rust stand out, Cee – never would have thought of that. And the selective color of the front truck, painting over it to make it brighter – great effect! It’s interesting that you, once again, cropped the photo (as you did with Karen’s in the first group challenge). You weren’t alone this time 😉

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 12, 2015 at 09:34
  
  I usually crop photos. I am not a landscape person….or wide angle at all LOL.
  When I took out all but orange and yellow I was pleased to see how much rust showed up. I thought it made the photo. That was unintended and worked well. 🙂 Thanks Stacy. You do a wonderful job on this challenge.
  
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Emilio Pasquale says:

January 13, 2015 at 18:52

That’s my original shot? I like what you did with it. love the colors, the brightness of that first truck against the muted colors of the rest. Thanks, Cee.

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 15, 2015 at 15:17
  
  I missed your comment from a couple days ago. Sorry. I so enjoyed playing with your photo. Thanks for letting all of take a crack at it 🙂
  
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Snow's Fissures and Fractures says:

January 15, 2015 at 14:08

Gorgeous edit, I like the rust and the selective colors. Oh, this is so wonderful, to see so many different approaches. What a great challenge and so many wonderful participants.

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  January 15, 2015 at 15:17
  
  It’s fun to see all of our creativity. How marvelous. 🙂 Thanks for commenting.
  
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Marilyn Albright says:

March 27, 2015 at 06:31

The detail are so much more obvious in the AFTER!

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- Cee Neuner says:
  
  March 27, 2015 at 07:33
  
  Thanks for commenting. 🙂
  
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