Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #131
A while ago I was asked how I created some of my photos so I thought I would do this one as an example. This is the original photo
I have a setting in my Corel PaintShop Pro Ultimate software program called Smart Photo Fix which is my usual first go to for most of my photo manipulations as it is easy to use. The controls are sliders or you can increase or decrease the numbers with up and down arrows. The program has its own ideas of how the photo should look with a preset I guess. Sometimes I see what it does and it is what I want turning my not so good photo into something a bit better.
First is turn the focus down to zero
Next I change the saturation. On this one increase to almost full
I increased the black to about 75%
Decreased lightness to 25%
Contrast was set at around 15% so I left that
Decreasing the Highlights to about 20% bought out the yellow and deepened the other colours.
I didn’t really like the final as it was so rotating often brings about a change that is satisfying.
This is the final photo
bushboys world 
That was interesting to read and the final photo had a “plugged in” electric kind of feel
(No typos again today)
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Thanks. Glad you enjoyed my abstracts “no typo Yvette” 😁
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Hahahaha
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Top one is my favorite, those mysterious lights!
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It was a bit bland so I added some lights. Glad it is a favourite 🙂
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I always love your abstract water shots.
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Thanks ever so much Margaret 🙂
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It’s fun to muck about like this, when you have time, Brian. Thanks for the process. I think my favourite is probably the middle one, which is the most natural, isn’t it, but I do like them all.
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It possibly is but did take a bit of time to get it how I wanted it 🙂
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Patience and virtue come to mind. I’m not big on either.
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That almost sounds naughty Jo 🤔😂
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😂💕
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YAY – love the abstract photos with a lesson on how to edit. I don’t have that software, but I did save this link to reference. Thank you!
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I guess any software program has much the same controls. Glad to give my “secrets” away. Hope to see an abstract photo in the future Shelley 🙂
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My free Windows photo editor isn’t quite that fancy as the one you use. I will see what I can figure out using your tips.
I should do an abstract post with all the blurry photos I’ve taken 🤔😏🤣
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Probably not a fancy but can do some of the edits. I have one on my tablet that I use.
I have a folder of blurry photos called abstracts 😂
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You do well with whatever the software is that you use!
I NEED to make one of those folders too!! 🤣😂😁
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Actually mine is called Arty one 😂
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😍🥰😁
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Awesome explanation post, my friend 👏 Love the pixelated effect on the rain drops shot 😃
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Thanks Jez. It took quite a while to get that pixelated one how I wanted 🙂
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Came out really well 😃
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👍😃
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