ABFriday-One photo focus
ABFriday-One photo focus
Today is the one year anniversary of the After Before Friday forum. I found this lovely idea at the end of the year, and started participating in January. I have really learned a lot from everyone who takes part in this, and it has been a great experience.
Stacy, from Visual Venturing, is the host, master mind, and hard worker behind this every week. The first Friday of the month, we all edit the same photo from one of the participants. Today, we are editing Stacy’s image. When Stacy sent this image out, she said it was the house where Mork and Mindy was filmed. I loved that show, and yes I am that old. Because it was such a funny and goofy show, made so by the late Robin Williams, I wanted to give the image a slightly cartoonish look.
This is the image before edits. Isn’t this just the neatest house?! I love this style.
The photo needed darkening, and help bringing out all the great colors and shapes. I started with that, then added an HDR preset that helped even more. This brought out the colors and clarity I wanted. I also cropped the fence along the bottom just a little. I then played around with the artistic filters in Photoshop and decided the watercolor one worked the best. A few minor changes, made a big difference.
To see what everyone else did with this photo, head over to Visual Venturing.
Have a great weekend!!
I love what you have done with the photo!!
Yes, I remember this house very well and I am THAT old too..
Such a tragedy about Robin Williams. I thought he was a brilliant actor and comedian.
for me the house got “character” with the cartoonish look, it’s no longer one nice house, it’s THE nice house now :o)
easy rider
I have learned so much from YOU this year Mary. I used to always want to lighten my photos, but now, I am learning to look at the photo (as I do a poem) and ask, “What must I do in service of the photo?” Sometimes darkening is the better route. And what you did here and show here is encouraging because yesterday I went to the Japanese Garden at the local park. STUNNING PLACE but all my photos came out too light, washed out. I did however, darken some in Photoshop and now they are presentable!
Lovely home. Anita
Wow!! I love your editing, Mary! How creative… :)
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I liked the remarkable way you changed the photo. I love Victorian style myself and could see myself living in such a neat home. Being older than you I to remember the Mork and Mindy show.. Such a tragic ending for such a great man.
pretty place! i watched that show, too. :)
Love the definition your edits brought to the photo!
Wow, I absolutely love what you have done to the photo!
I like what you’ve done but would love to see it “pushed” even a bit further. For some reason the tower on the right doesn’t seem to have as much effect as the rest. And please don’t think of my comment as negative. I really like the effect. I might even try to duplicate it on one of my own photos one day. :)
I should have pushed it more. Honestly I just kept playing around until I got to this point. Lol
Oh Mary, how great it is to see your comment at my blog. And those photos of the roses are mine. I am loving experimenting with photos! And I just chuckled when I saw Roxy on Instagram. She is so cute napping! :) Anita
I’m happy to see you blogging again, and that photo of the roses is gorgeous!!!!!
Thank you so much Mary! I am hoping to get some gorgeous shots of Carmel by the Sea. I’ll share them on Instagram! Anita
That’s so pretty!
I love it!!!! Your edits really brought out the uniqueness of the house.
That we call a magic hand.
That is a really cool house, and I love what you did with the photo. I remember that show too, so you’re not alone in being that old! :)
AB Friday pictures are great…. I like Katie Priors pic… Great contrast for me…good stuff
Also Not being a historical person on old houses. Can you tell me about the round embelishments on the porch posts.???… Nothing else on the old house has roundness to it. These stick out like a sore thumb to me.. So my curiosity is taking over..What are they ??….Any info would be apprectated…Thanks Dale
Love your chosen watercolor filter, Mary! And, the second I read that you used your HDR preset, I remembered that I hadn’t yet imported it into LR – that’s now been corrected and I can’t wait to try it out. It gave you a great starting point with my overexposed image. I also like your tighter crop. It brings us closer to the front door (and gets rid of the snow on the lawn – another thing I didn’t notice in my own editing – too funny what some of us see and what some of us don’t). Thanks so much for participating! It’s always fun to see what you choose to do :D
love what you did to this photo!
What a fun idea for a challenge – love your results and remember the show perfectly!! Can still vividly recall the first episode when Mork arrived on earth. I laughed so hard I cried and no one was there to share it with me. He was such a talent.