Autumn sky in the water / #club100
My entry for the Post Processing contest. Round #34 had no special topic but an image for editing:
https://steemit.com/@bambuka/photo-contest-post-processing-34
Original photo:
...and my resulting image:
(download hi-res version by the link.)
Below I will explain how I got such an embellished image.
For editing I used .jpeg file, I used Adobe Photoshop 22.
Step 1 - on the 1st step I cropped the image:
Step 2 - Lighting and pulling out details from the shadows.
Photoshop command was used: Image > Adjustment > Shadows/Highlights.
Step 3 - adjusting details and saturation.
Using Curves, I adjusted contrast and made image more saturated in colour.
After this, image looked like this:
Step 4 - more contrast
I duplicated the image to separate layer and mixed it with original at 20% opacity with 'Overlay' effect:
Step 5 - make sky more blue
The sky reflection is not clear and blue enough everywhere; I used brush tool and added a more uniform blue color to the sky reflection in problem areas.
Step 6 - radical artsy modification
Here probably I could stop.... but I decided to create more refined image. I copied left side of the image and mirrored it to the right side. Thus I got a nice elongated panorama of the autumn landscape.
Did you like my guide?
Unexpected panoramic solution))
I would adjust the horizon line a little more in it (there is a feeling that there is a slope to the left).
Thank you for the detailed post-processing steps with a demonstration of the step-by-step result, I think it's useful (at least for me for sure, I don't use FSH much).
The photo became an illustration on the cover of something :)
Maybe a calendar?
Неожиданное панорамное решение))
Я бы в нём ещё чуть подправил линию горизонта (есть ощущение, что присутствует наклон влево).
Благодарствую за подробные шаги пост обработки с демонстрацией пошагового результата, думаю, это полезно (во всяком случае для меня точно, я мало использую ФШ).
Фотография стала иллюстрацией на обложку чего-то :)
Может быть календаря?
Да, видимо так - красивенькое, на обложку! Наклон действительно ощущается, но не влево а вправо (возможно, повращал хост слишком сильно).
сено с соломой перепутал)), вправо, конечно)
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