Here is my week 4:
Contrast, 53, Saturation 100, Definition 100, Sharp 100, Temperature 13
My first three weeks:
I didn’t realize until after I posted that week 1 was supposed to show the first edit of the photo, so I have shown both first and second edits in week 2.
For my first three weeks, go here: https://grieflessons.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=6429&action=edit
https://robynsfineart.wordpress.com/2015/03/23/one-four-challenge-march-week-4/
Version 1: This is the picture as I first show it, with no edits. The sky is washed of its actual vivid colors.
Version 2: Hoping to recapture the actual colors of the sunset that were washed out in my original picture, I increased the saturation to 100. This looks exaggerated, but it is much closer to the actual vibrancy of sunset than the original had captured. It has been suggested that I should have used a sunset setting, which I will try next time.
Version 3: This version is just like version 2 except i increased the sharpness to 100 percent.
I didn’t realize until after I posted that week 1 was supposed to show the first edit of the photo, so I have shown both first and second edits in week 2.
To read about this photo challenge, go here:
https://robynsfineart.wordpress.com/2015/03/09/one-four-challenge-march-week-2/
Here’s my first variation from the original. All I did was increase the saturation one hundred percent…
This is my original shot.
The prompt was to take one photograph and to alter it in four ways, posting one per week for the four weeks in March. Here is my first attempt.
I’ve often noted that the vivid colors of a beach sunset come out incredibly dulled. No doubt a “real” photographer would know why. Perhaps it is because I am shooting into the sun. I’ve tried focusing elsewhere, and only occasionally have good results. The fourth version of this picture will be the closest to what this sunset really looked like. The second photograph above is my first, unaltered shot. My editing choices are not too broad, so my alterations will be limited to saturation, definition, sharpness, exposure, contrast, shadow and highlight control. I believe I often over-sharpen and over-define, so I am trying to hold myself back in that regard. So, immediately above (second picture) is the girl without her makeup on!
For other examples in response to this four-way challenge, go HERE.
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