When I saw Katie’s image it reminded me of my travels, though typically I visit a much warmer location. However, I always enjoy pictures of the ocean as it breaks against a pier. I did my typical small changes to the image in Lightroom where the image was cropped, exposure was edited slightly, vibrance was popped up quite a bit along with the blue and aqua in luminance and saturation. Then the image was brought into Photoshop where mostly I just did a few burns against the mountain area along the water line and then did a new change for me where on a new layer, I used the color replacement tool and picked a light blue to adjust the skyline from gray to more of a blue-gray. Thanks, Katie for the lovely image and to Stacy for keeping the ball rolling.
After Before Friday Anniversary Challenge – After VersionAfter Before Friday – Anniversary Challenge Before Image
The first bit of editing for the image was done in Lightroom where the following steps were taken.
1. Exposure -1.19 Exposure was adjusted several times and finished here
2. Highlights 83
3. Shadows 36
4. Vibrance 14 Vibrance was adjusted a couple of times
5. White Clipping 2 I had increased white clipping considerably and then brought it back down
6. Black Clipping -21
7. Clarity 43
8. Saturation 19
9. Crop A considerable portion of the river and a small amount of the sky were cropped out.
10. Blue Hue Shift 4 The next five steps were done to increase the blue in the water and sky
11. Blue Sat Shift 9
12. Blue Lum Shift 13
13. Aqua Hue shift 18
14. Aqua Lum shift 24
15. Red Lum shift 13 To increase the tone in the buildings
Next the image was opened in Photoshop to add a few touches.
1. Unsharp mask
2. Using a small paintbrush, flowers were added to the flower boxes. This is visible in a larger image, but you will have to squint to see them in the smaller version.
Photoshop always seems to change the image and reduces the hue and saturation. The image does not have the same impact when imported to Photoshop. With this in mind I re-opened the saved image (different name of course) in Lightroom. Here again, I copy applied the same steps above again in Lighroom. However, the blue shifts had to be brought down as they were too severe when the copy was applied. This copy method was done like a preset as time was limited. Next time, I’ll probably do my Photoshop edits and then open in Lightroom. The final image was exported to a file directly from Lightroom.
This picture was taken on Paradise Island Nassau with my old and trusty MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA (DiMAGE X). So, that accounts for the somewhat lower resolution image. But I still enjoyed sneaking up on them and catching a few shots. I couldn’t believe the just stood there and occasionally re-positioned themselves just out of my reach.
Reflections along the boat docks on Lake Coeur d’Alene in northern Idaho are a stunning array as the shades of blue colorize the water. This picture was taken with my first digital camera, a Minolta DiMage, and though I like it would not be suitable for a larger print format due to the limitations of the camera.
We were headed for the Prickly Pear Cays on Day 2 of our catamaran cruise but couldn’t venture through the opening to get to calm side on seal island. So we continued on to Maunday’s Bay and dropped anchor off of the beach side near Juluca Hotel which is on the southwest side of Anguilla for a lunch and swim in the area.
Snorkeling of the side of the boad
Finally got the hang of it
Opps.. down for the count
Mastering the paddle board
Just floating and relaxing
Played in water for several hours with noodles, snorkel and paddle board. Basia and Gus gave a try on the paddle board. Basia did great.
Gus not so much. Durf.. paddle board to paddle board ace. Later Gus got the hang if it and paddled for a while.
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