XingfuMama’s One to Three Photo Processing Challenge: May 2023
Another interesting Photo Challenge. It gives me a chance to play with my softwares different applications. I actually noted down some of the changes as I did them, other times I did them and moved on before realising but some of the basic information is there.
This photo it totally unedited except resizing. All the other three are editing and played with using Corel PaintShop Pro 2023 Ultimate software
Selective colour – red. I added a light vignette
Effect called Cubism. Cubism effect set at 50% Colour Match set at 97% Smooth Image set at 10%
I increased saturation 12%. then applied an effect called Circle
It’s fun bringing something new to a photograph. The software I use is Corel PaintShop Pro Ultimate 2023. I just hammered through these doing something different to my usual techniques to soften images. I alter a photo changing lightness, shadows, or mid-range tones, sometimes adding more black or white as well as saturation. Mostly then I use vignette as the first stop in softening an image.
This photo I used a function in the software – Soft Focus, which I haven’t used before. I changed the amount of soft focus and edge hardness. Then set the Halo amount, size and visibility I bore you with meaningless numbers. From a harsh morning sun through grass seeds to this.
A bee on a Zinnia. I seem to have quite a number of similar photos. Just using vignette and dark settings Dark/Light into the negative numbers Blur making sure the subject bee wasn’t out of focus Diffuse Glow on low as well Feather Edge just encroaching on the petal
The opposite with the Australian Painted Lady Butterfly. The original photo had the grass as well as the butterfly in focus. Firstly, I bought up the black and colour as it was a bit washed out. I decided to try something new again. Selective Focus. It is in parallel band and can be moved in any direction. First I ran the focus following the butterflies body and to the tip of the wings. Left and right hand sides now blurred. Then did the same going horizontal, blurring the top and bottom of the photo. Adding a vignette in a vague heart shape.
A very old street in Adelaide, Victorian terraces and a blue stone building which were a staple for stone buildings in the late 1800’s. A bright sunny day photo. I like the result of this photo. This was the first photo I played with and was just doing all sorts of things, deciding I didn’t like it and undid the changes. Therefore no idea how I did this one, sorry
Well there you go. This is something I don’t usually do and I know why…..it’s exhausting! Hope it gave some insight into the process to get a desired result
A bit of a double dip. At the moment the rain has bought the frogs out. The rain makes Australian Green Tree Frogs happy. I use Corel PaintShop Pro Ultimate 2023
The original photo
Straight forward convert to black and white with enhanced shadow contrast
Fun with Kaleidoscope
adjusted horizontal to -20
the vertical to -20
only two petals selected
set to reflect
This last one I used a preset called Depth by Design. The three slide controls go from 0 to 100%. The first one is to select how much of the preset you wish to use. For this photo –
Is everyone getting bored with my church themed Silent Sundays? Should I do something different next year? Any suggestions for a theme for my Silent Sundays 2023?
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