It is time for Stacy over at Visual Venturing, ABFriday One Photo Focus Challenge. Please make sure you click on the link to see how everyone edited the photo submitted by Michelle of Michelle Lunato Photography Blog. Here is her original photo.
For me this was an obvious and simple editing job. I really liked the photo as it was. The part of the photo I really did like was the color in the light rays and the sparkling water. So here is basically what I did.
- Adjusted for Michelle’s Canon camera and lens.
- Dehazed the photo slightly.
- Added a lot more yellow to it. This makes it appear warmer and close to the golden hour.
- Cropped the image to a portrait and highlight the rays and sparkling water.
- Brought up the vibrance to pull out more of the rainbow colors of the rays.
All my editing was done in Adobe Bridge.
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Cee
Love the edits! Wonderful job as usual:) What an honor to have you work on my picture.
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The honor was all mine. It was a fun photo to play with. Thanks for the opportunity. 😀
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What a difference! It always amazes me what elements can be brought out of an image that are already there but just need to be teased out with some minor adjustments. I like both the original photo and your edit.
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The blue is cool too, but this assignment was all about editing so I had some fun.
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What a stunning after picture! The sparkling on the water really leaps off the screen now.
Thanks for including the steps in your editing process. How do you ‘dehaze’? This is a problem I find on many of my photos and I don’t know how to correct it.
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The latest version of Bridge has slider. You can play around with it usually in curves. Bring your dark a tad bit in (or lower) and it should take away some of the haze.
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Thanks 🙂
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So many colours in the sky. Evocative image.
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The color is in the original, I just wanted to bring it out more.
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Love it, Cee! Beautiful sunlight and sunray you did for the photos!
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Thanks Amy. ;D
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Very beautiful Cee! It has such a warm, rich feeling. And ohhh those sparkles! 🙂
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Glad you like my edit Laura.
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Very nice Cee! The portrait format works well with the masts of the boats. I like the warm glow it has too! 🙂
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Thanks for your opinion Katie I always value it 😀
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Thats very kind of you to say 🙂
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Love it! Love the rays and the sparkles! 😀
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Thanks Linda. 😀
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I love that you cropped it! I never even thought about it.
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That is usually the first thing I think about….. But then I like things closer up so it’s a natural thought. LOL
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*twitch* Sparkles!! *twitch*
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Thanks.
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So interesting how everyone comes up with a different look for the challenge. Nice work Cee !
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Thanks for your wonderful comment. It is fun to see what everyone comes up with.
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Great edits! I like the warmth in the photo. It does look like it was taken during that golden hour!
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Actually I think Michelle did take it close to the golden hour … I just enhanced it a bit. 😀
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Excellent work, Cee. The added warmth really makes it work well.
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Thanks Robin. 😀 Have a great weekend.
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Gorgeous. I like yours much more.
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Thanks Lucile. 😀
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My pleasure!
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oh yeah Cee !
This week we have worked quite the same !
I’m proud of these, cause I love always your shots and pp !
Ciaooooo
Max
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This was a fun photo to play with. When two minds think alike. …… 😀
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I like the crop you have used, it is something i never thought of. It give the whole image a different feel.
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Hi Ben, I’m glad you like my crop. Thanks. 😀
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Love the portrait crop, and warming the photo up added that lovely golden hour look beautifully! Simple, yet very effective, steps 😀 Thanks, as always, for “playing,” Cee!
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Hi Stacy, are you over your nasty cold. I hope you are feeling better this week. Thanks for stopping by.
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Thanks, Cee – I’m on the tail end and will be glad to see it finally go!! Any it’s always a pleasure to see what you’re up to 😀
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Colds can get so nasty. Glad you are mucho better.
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Me too!! ❤️
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