Sometimes it’s worth it to get up early. It was like God made this sunrise just for me.
Sunrise in the country – ProjectEdit365 – 31 Aug
The original wasn’t very warm and it was dark. I warmed it and decreased the clarity. I used an adjustment brush on the pathway to increase its clarity, contrast, and sharpness. I also used adjustment brushes and some cloning on the trees to get rid of some of the sun spots. Here’s the original:
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And when you think of fairytale castles, you think of this one:
King Ludwig’s Schloss Neuschwanstein in Bavaria with its bucolic backdrop.
Fairytale Castle – ProjectEdit365 – 09 Aug
The original was good, but I wanted to give it more of a fairytale book look. I immediately went to my Lightroom presets that I have loaded and chose CoffeShop’s Velvet Butter. Because sometimes editing is knowing which presets will work and heading straight for those. 🙂 The original:
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Or maybe Garmisch, at the base of the Alps, is what you think about when you hear German countryside.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen – ProjectEdit365 – 07 Aug
The original was flat and dull. I used several adjustment filters to work on the mountains in the distance, the green trees in the distance, and the trees in the foreground. Overall I upped the saturation just a tad and decreased the shadows to get rid of some of the dullness. Here’s the original:
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It may seem like a boring countryside picture, and well, it is. But I had to do a lot of editing to get it to this point. Take a look at the before and after. This is an iPhone pic taken while in motion on a California country highway. With A LOT of power lines.
AFTER:
California countryside – ProjectEdit365 – 14Feb
BEFORE:
Those power lines were a bear to remove, but I think I did a respectable job. I probably could have erased that sign too. . .
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