For the first photo, I feel like I have a good story in the image, but I think it started out a little boring. When I edited it, I increased the contrast and saturation, and also brought out the darker shades, so that the image really popped. The only thing I have a problem with is that I think I over-sharpened the image. It didn't look that dramatic when i was previewing it, but looking at this thumbnail, I think you can see how it made the image a little too gritty. I took this into consideration while editing the second image.
Before Editing
After Editing
For my second image, I felt like I had good lighting on the subject, and I just wanted to even things out. I increased the saturation and contrast again, and I also lightened the exposure. I then cropped a shadow out of the upper right hand corner of the image. I think the editing turned out better on this image, and I like how much color there is in it.
Before Editing
After Editing
After doing this little project of shooting the same subject 20 different ways, I think I will work on editing my best shots from that series and post them here later. I think this could be a fun story line to work on!
Hasta luego, comrades, and thanks for stopping by.
Good work Catie, I would not worry about the amount of sharpening, intact you can push that even further on these images. I like that you just gave the images a punch of color with contrast. Your adjustments were done with a delicate touch and did a good job of distilling out the best pats of the image.
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