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Sea oats

Back on the continent, the beaches can be just as beautiful. Big changes to this picture! I cropped in to focus more on the grass and fence. I also cloned out the white building. I decreased the contrast and clarity on this picture. I lowered the highlights but lightened the shadows a bit. I increasedContinue reading “Sea oats”

Iao Valley, shrouded in clouds

Iao Valley, during a summer afternoon rain. What I worked on with this picture was cloning man-made objects out. And rain spots on the lens. If you look at the original, you’ll see a parking lot with someone in a red top, a building on the left, a bare patch on the right (without muchContinue reading “Iao Valley, shrouded in clouds”

Reading the Palm

This palm tells me there may be holes in my future that I need to fill (with travel). I loved these palm leaves. I’m so glad I ended up getting a fairly close up of one. I’m pretty sure I knew I wanted to go black and white when I snapped the shot. I tried croppingContinue reading “Reading the Palm”

Waikiki Moonrise

Aloha, Waikiki! There wasn’t much to do – just intensify the colors and provide a little more contrast. I increased the contrast and clarity, vibrance and saturation. I had to decrease the noise quite a bit because I think I took this with my phone. I did a mixture of adjusting the highlights, shadows, blacks,Continue reading “Waikiki Moonrise”

Painted Eucalyptus – an ant’s-eye view

They’re so fascinating. As the bark peels off, the different layers are different colors. This is a tree I could hug. The original was kind of flat and dull. I increased the vibrance and saturation and used several different adjustment filters – two for the tree and one for the background. I took away theContinue reading “Painted Eucalyptus – an ant’s-eye view”

Painted Eucalyptus

The painted eucalyptus trees grow on the side of the road in Maui. Take the Road to Hana and you’ll pass by this grove. I wanted to crop in to get the scale of the girls and the trees. Changing the orientation from landscape to portrait helps, I think. I also worked with the settingsContinue reading “Painted Eucalyptus”