After Before Friday – Week 49
After Before Friday – Week 49
Last week I totally flaked out on the After Before Friday forum. I went through my photos, and just couldn’t find anything that spoke to me.
This week I was lucky to take a pretty interesting shot on my walk the other day. I don’t know what this plant is, but the contrast of the pointy leaves, and the round top was pretty cool I thought. That, and it was sitting perfectly in a spot of sun.
This is the photo after edits.
And this is the photo right out of the camera.
Because this interesting plant was mostly in the shade, it came out a bit dark. I lightened everything, cropped it down, and added a little radial filter to the round part of the plant. I also applied a multiply layer mask in photoshop. That helped with the washed out look it had.
Overall, I thought it ended up pretty good.
To see what everyone else came up with this week, visit Visual venturing.
Have a great weekend people!!
So stunning this transformation, Mary! I was fooling around with Photoshop last night and finally found how to cut out a background on a photo. Now, I’d like to learn to apply these layers of which you speak here! Every time I try them however, I never get anywhere. I did go to a quick tutorial to learn how to cut out the background, so maybe I’ll try this weekend to hone my layering skills!
FANTASTIC PLANT! Anita
Excellent result!
I think the end result is amazing!! Great job on the editing! It looks so much better! I just love playing around with photo editing!! I am so far behind in reading blogs…just wanted to stop by and say hello!! I really wish I was back out on the road again…
Pawsome… it’s interesting to see how fabulous mother nature created the plants :o)
wonderful edit to really bring it to life.
Wow, Mary, total transformation with what you describe as a few simple steps! Really love the sun-kissed, vibrant look the after image has. Thanks for participating! Hope you’re enjoying your time away :)
totally brilliant choice with this unknown plant leaf.
The edit does bring terrific result.
Great editing job.
Very interesting! I’d love to know what is going to come out of those buds!
You improved the photo immensely!
Very nicely done, Mary. The image is much stronger after the changes.
Love this AB version! Well done. :)
Great editing it’s like a totally different photo! Love Dolly
You definitely made some terrific improvements to a photo that started out well in the first place Mary. Nicely done.
Well done Mary – some good improvements to a photo that started well and got better.
Beautiful greens in this lovely image, which has an almost three-dimensional look to it!
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