Editing Challenge: foggy cow pasture (no rules this time!)
May 24, 2019 23:18:36 #
"Cows Over-grazing Haze."
It was such a beautiful original, I decided to desperately try to find something by creating many layers (turned out to be 7), playing around until an idea "came," then working that.
It was such a beautiful original, I decided to desperately try to find something by creating many layers (turned out to be 7), playing around until an idea "came," then working that.
May 25, 2019 06:12:51 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Straight edits or fanciful, small stories or large, play with white balance, composites, artsy filters... it's Free Friday 
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First of all Linda, the image is really nice! After looking at it for a few minutes, I decided that I didn't like so many cows and that I wanted the mountains to be closer to the foreground. I selected out the sky along with the mountains and brought them closer to the foreground cows. I then flipped the image to put the loan cow on the right. I used a Crisp Warm and Crisp blue filter from the color lookup table and blended them together. I used the Dehaze filter in Adobe Camera Raw to get rid of some of fog. From the NIK plugin
collection I used a Darken/Lighten filter to put more emphasis on the lone cow and then used a glamour glow filter to finish it off.
May 25, 2019 07:28:45 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
Very pretty, Ed. I like the flare too. Thanks for playing!Whatdoyouthink?
May 25, 2019 07:29:40 #
artBob wrote:
Thanks Bob!"Cows Over-grazing Haze."
It was such a beautiful original, I decided to desperately try to find something by creating many layers (turned out to be 7), playing around until an idea "came," then working that.
It was such a beautiful original, I decided to desperately try to find something by creating many layers (turned out to be 7), playing around until an idea "came," then working that.
May 25, 2019 07:31:53 #
Fstop12 wrote:
Lots of great stuff going on here, though I particularly love the perspective change and sharper line to the mountaintops. Many thanks for your time and efforts. (are there a couple of unattached tree branches in upper left?)First of all Linda, the image is really nice! Aft... (show quote)
I'm glad you enjoyed the image too. I have several keepers from that outing
May 25, 2019 09:05:42 #
My first thought was "why would you want to change this", but I can imagine a more golden light.
May 25, 2019 09:11:23 #
fergmark wrote:
Thank you, Mark; golden is good! I appreciate the compliment, also. Next time I'll have to provide one of those "oops" exposures to make it more challenging My first thought was "why would you want to change this", but I can imagine a more golden light.
Happy you participated, thanks again.
May 25, 2019 09:20:36 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Thank you, Mark; golden is good! I appreciate the compliment, also. Next time I'll have to provide one of those "oops" exposures to make it more challenging
Happy you participated, thanks again.
Happy you participated, thanks again.
I think a good photo is actually more challenging than one that is in some way flawed.
May 25, 2019 10:00:27 #
fergmark wrote:
I think a good photo is actually more challenging than one that is in some way flawed.
My "HUH?" turned into "Wow!" As I realized how true your point was.
May 25, 2019 10:36:12 #
fergmark wrote:
I think a good photo is actually more challenging than one that is in some way flawed.
artBob wrote:
My "HUH?" turned into "Wow!" As I realized how true your point was.
May 25, 2019 11:05:32 #
May 25, 2019 11:25:36 #
SoHillGuy wrote:
Great contrast and details, Gaylord. I particularly like how you brought out the sparkles of dew in the grass. Many thanks!Too many working layers to recall the steps.
May 27, 2019 09:32:21 #
Here's mine ... in my usual fashion. I was going to put a cheetah in but I figured the cows might notice :-)
Ooooop's, I just noticed, I left the mask of the legs fuzzy, thinking it wouldn't matter ... it does matter. Lesson learned because I don't want to do it over ... sorry.
Ooooop's, I just noticed, I left the mask of the legs fuzzy, thinking it wouldn't matter ... it does matter. Lesson learned because I don't want to do it over ... sorry.
May 27, 2019 11:19:06 #
Howard5252 wrote:
You're forgiven, Howard, because it's so adorable! Not to mention, the ground fog was obscuring stuff near the ground Here's mine ... in my usual fashion. I was going to put a cheetah in but I figured the cows might notice :-)
Ooooop's, I just noticed, I left the mask of the legs fuzzy, thinking it wouldn't matter ... it does matter. Lesson learned because I don't want to do it over ... sorry.
Ooooop's, I just noticed, I left the mask of the legs fuzzy, thinking it wouldn't matter ... it does matter. Lesson learned because I don't want to do it over ... sorry.
Now, the fact that I can see a fence post through the giraffe's body...that's a little disconcerting 
Many thanks for submitting this delightful fancy.
May 27, 2019 11:34:35 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
You're forgiven, Howard, because it's so adorable! Not to mention, the ground fog was obscuring stuff near the ground Now, the fact that I can see a fence post through the giraffe's body...that's a little disconcerting
Many thanks for submitting this delightful fancy.
Now, the fact that I can see a fence post through the giraffe's body...that's a little disconcerting Many thanks for submitting this delightful fancy.
It is delightful--and perhaps scary. Is that a vampire giraffe, casting no shadow?
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