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Here's my final October edit for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. My main aim for this month was to learn how to layer images to create a composite. I also wanted to build up to a really spooky image for the final week. I'm feeling quite happy with everything I've achieved but I'd love to know what everyone else thinks! This... Continue Reading →
Here's my October week three edit for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. I've been playing around with this week's image so much that I'm really not sure what steps I took to reach the final version - but I'll try to remember as best I can! I began with the week one edit which I opened in Camera Raw where I increased both contrast... Continue Reading →
It's time for my October week two edit for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. This week I wanted to focus on the spiderweb and bokeh. I also wanted to give the image a slightly a magical or spooky appearance. Hopefully I succeeded. To create this week's version I first opened the image in Photoshop Elements 13 where I cropped... Continue Reading →
It's now October and so time for a new image for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. I took this image just last week when out for a walk around the village. I've always found graveyards fascinating places to walk around - I always wonder about the stories of the people buried there. Here's my first edit: For this first... Continue Reading →
It's time for the final September edit of Robyn's One Four Challenge. I can hardly believe it's week four already - this month has flown by! For this week I wanted to create a soft look of an impressionistic painting for the image. This week's edit was actually the first one I created, as soon as I... Continue Reading →
It's time for the third September edit of Robyn's One Four Challenge. This week's edit is in response to Joanne's suggestion that she'd like to see a black and white version of the image. I again began by opening the original image in Camera Raw where I made these changes: Temperature: +20 Contrast: -100 Highlights: -19 Shadows: -78... Continue Reading →
It's time for the second September edit of Robyn's One Four Challenge. I wanted to create an image this week that was very different to last week's highly detailed version. Stacy of Lensaddiction suggested that I crop some of the rocks away from the bottom, whilst Ben Rowe of Aperture 64 said how he'd like to see it... Continue Reading →
After taking August off from Robyn's One-Four Challenge I'm now back with a new image for September. The picture I've chosen to edit this month was taken a few years ago at Corfe Castle in Dorset, UK, and has languished in a folder since that time. I've always dismissed it as being too dark but decided it would be a good one to... Continue Reading →
It's time for the final week of Robyn's One-Four Challenge for July. This week's image was not an easy one to produce - I had absolutely no idea what to do with it! At one point I had several different versions on the go, none of which I was happy with. In the end I decided I wanted... Continue Reading →
It's time for week three of Robyn's One-Four Challenge for July. For this week's edit I began with last week's black and white image and using Photoshop Elements 13 added a pen and ink filter. I shifted the levels slightly to bring out more detail in the boat but then found I was left with a very... Continue Reading →
It's time for week two of Robyn's One-Four Challenge for July. For this second edit I decided to go black and white. I began by opening the week one edit in Photoshop where I removed the filter from the sky and the adjustment levels, keeping the crop and clean up. I then added a black and white gradient map.... Continue Reading →
After a long week of no internet I'm finally back on my blog. Yay! My connection is still very dodgy so I apologise in advance if I suddenly vanish again. It's a hazard of living in a small village. I had intended to post last night but no such luck. My plan is to visit everyone's blogs over the... Continue Reading →
It's the fourth week of June and so time for the final edit of this month's image for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. The picture was taken last year in Hartsholme Country Park in Lincoln, UK. For this final edit I wanted to create a dreamy effect. I began by opening the original image in Photoshop Elements 13 where I cropped it... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Here's the second June edit for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. The picture was taken last year in Hartsholme Country Park in Lincoln, UK. This week I decided to create an old photograph effect to emphasise the age and history of the boathouse in the picture (built in 1881). I'm ignoring the fact that the bridge is only a year old...... Continue Reading →
Its now June and so time for a new image for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. For this first week I wanted to keep the edit quite simple. I cropped it and used the clone tool to remove the remaining branches in the top right corner. I then used the levels adjustment tool to boost the shadows and highlights, added a... Continue Reading →
Here's my May, week four edit for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. I spent most of this week playing around with an idea for this edit that I just could not get to work! I wanted to add a bright light coming through the crack in the door. Unfortunately I eventually had to abandon it as beyond my current... Continue Reading →
Here's my May, week three edit for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. I wasn't really sure what to do with this week's edit so I spent quite along time just playing around, seeing what I liked. Because of this there were a number of changes that I'm not entirely certain of. Eventually I decided that I wanted to focus... Continue Reading →
Here's my May, week two edit for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. For this week's edit I decided to use a really close crop, shifting the focus away from the lock itself to the looping connections of the hasp and staple. I then added a black and white gradient map and fiddled around with the settings until the... Continue Reading →
After having April off from Robyn's One-Four Challenge, I'm back with my entry for week one of May. It took me quite a long time to decide which image I wanted to use for this month - even though I thought I knew until I actually started editing. Five or so pictures later I finally land on this... Continue Reading →
Here's my week three edit for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. This challenge asks that you edit the same picture in four ways over four weeks. For this final edit I opened the original image in Camera Raw where I increased the exposure and clarity mainly, though a few other sliders also shifted slightly. I then moved it into Photoshop Elements... Continue Reading →
Here's my week three edit for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. This challenge asks that you edit the same picture in four ways over four weeks. For this edit I opened last week's edit in Camera Raw and slightly increased the exposure, highlights and shadows. I then cropped it using Photoshop Elements before opening it in FotoSketcher where I added a mid-strength vintage look with... Continue Reading →
Here's my week two edit for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. This challenge asks that you edit the same picture in four ways over four weeks. For this second edit I cropped it a little looser in order to keep more of the tyre tracks on the sand in the foreground. Next, rather than just lightening the face of the... Continue Reading →
It's the first week of march and so time for a new image for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. For this first edit I decided to keep it simple. First I cropped it to better showcase the tractor and boat, before brightening it slightly using the levels adjustment. I then increased the saturation and contrast. Finally I selected the... Continue Reading →
Here's my fourth edit for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. For this final edit I wanted to repeat the soft, dreamy look of week 2 but with a few changes. 1) I selected the crop used on last weeks image. 2) I wanted to reduce the brightness of the whites on the ponies backs, an issue that had been raised in previous... Continue Reading →
Here's my third edit for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. With a wary gaze she watches the world as her companion sleeps in blissful oblivion. For this week's edit I had two things I knew I wanted to do. The first was to crop it in some way; the second was make it into a black and white image. All... Continue Reading →
Here's my second edit for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. This week I wanted to create a soft, dreamy effect. I began by opening the original in camera raw on Photoshop Editions (the first time I've ever explored this area of the program). I reduced the contrast, shadows and saturation and increased the exposure, highlights and whites. I then also slightly... Continue Reading →
It's a new month and so time for a new picture for Robyn's One-Four Challenge. For this first edit I used Photoshop Elements. I began by cropping it a little off the bottom and sides. I then selected the smudge stick filter, which I set to a relatively low stroke length, highlight area and intensity. I... Continue Reading →
This is my entry four week 4 of Robyn's One-Four Challenge, which asks that you edit the same picture in four different ways over four weeks. For this final edit I wanted to create a more psychedelic image, drawing on the slightly more esoteric role of mushrooms (though ink caps do not have any hallucinogenic... Continue Reading →
This is my entry for January week 3 of Robyn G's One-Four Challenge, which asks that you edit the same picture in four different ways over four weeks. To begin with this picture was again edited on PicMonkey. First I increased the shadows, highlights and contrast and added a faint green cross-process. I then slightly... Continue Reading →
Here's my entry for January week 2 of Robyn's One Four Challenge, which asks you to edit the same picture in four different ways over a month. For this week's edit I used the online photo-edit site, PicMonkey. I increased both shadows and highlights before desaturating the picture to full black and white. To finish off, I... Continue Reading →
I've been saying for a while now that I'm going to join in with Robyn G's One-Four Challenge - well this month I'm actually doing so! This challenge asks you to edit the same picture in four different ways over four weeks. If you would like to find out more, or join in with the challenge,... Continue Reading →
