Here’s the third June edit for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. The picture was taken last year in Hartsholme Country Park in Lincoln, UK.
For this week’s edit I decided to give it the appearance of dusk. I’m not sure exactly what I did to reach this final stage – I added and removed so many layers I’m afraid I lost track. There were quite a few gradient maps and photo filters of various levels of opacity that I used to build up the effect I wanted, some with layer masks to restrict the filter to a certain area. I also deepened the shadows using the levels adjust while also reducing the brightness of the bridge.
Generally I’d say that this picture is a bit too dark for my personal taste (I really want to brighten it up) but it gives the image a slightly ominous edge that reflects exactly how I feel about places like this at night. I won’t walk there alone after dusk. The shadows are growing ever larger and who knows who or what might be hiding there. I’m a bit of a nervous type! If anyone’s interested, I wrote a poem about this a little while ago.
Here’s the original image and two previous edits for comparison:
An Enchanted Place 
You did a wonderful job at capturing the “dusk” look. I think I’m leaning towards your week 2 edit as my favorite 🙂
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this week’s edit has an ominous look! Would be perfect for one of your stories, Louise! 😀
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I like the gloomy look! 🙂
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Same problems with my edits, I forget all the steps. 🙂 This is very nice.
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The ominous tone works well, but for me it’s difficult to choose between week’s two and three. Maybe when I see week 4 I won’t have that problem any more.
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Hi Louise – dusk can be quite ominous. It is a little dark but you captured the mood you wanted!
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Love it! Definitely feels like dusk Louise!
I so understand that feeling of wanting to lighten it up, but the darker tones work perfectly for this edition, creating that almost night time feel.
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