So another place my family loves to weekend "travel" to is Maine! This is the Portland Head lighthouse (just outside of Portland, ME in Cape Elizabeth) that I took as a centered full frame photo for 'dramatic' effect. Since taking this photo (and starting this class) I'm sure there is about a dozen different ways to take this shot with even more flare...but workign with what I've got I took it to task in PS.
Some careful use of the magnetic lasso allowed me to apply filters to the Lighthouse, then by inversing the selcetion, the sky around the shot. I must have spent half an hour trying different combinations before choosing the 'neon glow' effect for the sky contrasted with a soft application of 'watercolor' for the lighthouse.
Bold and beautiful, different and intersting! I just thought I would share my fun with you...
Murph
Wow, what an effect! It looks all moody now. Great job.
ReplyDeleteThat is truly beautiful...what a difference. The first one is pretty ordinary...but the second is a real standout nicely done!!!
ReplyDeleteMaking decisions is probably the hardest part of it all. There comes a point in any endeavor that you have to choose to stop and move on to the next thing. There are so many tools and variations in PS, after almost 10 years of using it, I still have not mastered it all.
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