4/01/2011

Shoot and Edit: Green edit

I did love my SOOC shot this week.  Just found it, well, dull.  The colors needed to pop - the green of the leaves, the yellow & orange of the butterfly.  Those things were my focus and following the tutorial Ashley shared, it came together.

I used the "getting grass greener" hue/saturation steps to improve upon the green of the main leaf - the leaf the butterfly is sitting on.  I left the remaining leaves as is.  Then I repeated the new hue/saturation layer with shades of orange and yellow.  For these I focused only on the orange and yellow areas of the butterfly's wings.  After I was pleased with all three colors, I merged the layers and added a new adjustment layer for color balance.  I tweaked all three options (shadows, midtones & highlights) slightly.  Again, I merged the layers.  Then I added the high pass which gave the photo that final pop it needed.  I'm excited about the results:


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9 comments:

  1. Your edit looks beautiful - and I love that while you've enhanced it, you've kept that nice soft soothing feel. Love it!

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  2. This looks beautiful! I'm super impressed with your mad photography skills!

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  3. That's amazing! I love the color coming through the butterfly wings now! You did a great job balancing it all together!

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  4. Very well done! The colors are really rich now!

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  5. Looks great Sarah. The getting the grass greener how- to is awesome!

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  6. Wow, Sarah! It's hard to believe that these are the same shot! Awesome!

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  7. this is one of my favorite shots and edits this week! beautifully done!

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  8. love how you cleaned it up and made it pop!

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  9. Really, really nice edit! I love it.

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