LA 5 - Adjusting Levels

Before

 This is a frangipani tree that grows out the back of our place. I decreased the brightness a little, reduced the contrast and increased the saturation slightly to get the sky bluer and the left hand flowers look not so burnt out.

After

Before

After

Above is a shot I took a few weeks ago at the end of our street in Fannie Bay, at about 6.45 in the evening. It is lacking in detail in the sand and generally just looks a bit too dark. I increased the brightness and reduced the contrast to get some detail and light.

LA 4 - Cropping an Image

Before, with crooked horizon

I took the shot on the left in Bol, Croatia on a trip to Europe in 2009. It's a subtle change between the two so I thought I should explain: I didn't notice at the time that the horizon was quite off kilter. I had been trawling through my Flickr account for images to crop and noticed it then. I had previously watched an episode of Adobe TV where the Rotate View tool was used to help correct a crooked horizon and applied the process here. Although the aspect ratio of the shot is a little different it's an improvement.

The cropped version: with the help of the Rotate View tool.

Hobart from Mt Wellington, but this picture is mostly trees.

And now Hobart is framed by trees but is more a feature of the photo.

Jenny is surrounded by a lot of space

Changing the orientation of the picture by cropping out all that space on either side

Not a strong shot with  all those distracting people in the background

A vast improvement, with space for the man to ride into on the left

My Flatbed Scanner Story

My Darwin Life.

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