When I sit down to edit an image it’s true to say that I’m not always sure what I will do with my final version. Here is the original file of such an image:
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Editing this image started with a crop. Since it was the little red ribbons that caught my attention on site, my next edit was to give them a saturation boost. I’ve desaturated some of the colors in this image. I then put a radial filter around the angel and sheep and made the rest of the image softer by moving the dehaze slider into negative numbers in the area outside of the filter. Here is the final image:
ISO 1250 15mm f/11 1/40sec
Like several images from my time in Prague, I don’t have a real use for it so to speak. However, I really like many of my images. They are a reminder of how much I enjoyed looking around the city. Prague is beautiful in my opinion. I will keep this image, as I have kept others, just because they make me happy. Sometimes, it’s the little things, like little red ribbons, that catch my eye. It appeared that someone had taken the time to hand tie them in, and that lovely small detail really what made this display beautiful. Do you often keep images for no other reason than they make you happy? Do you like the edits I have done here? Feel free to leave a comment below.
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, Red, and Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Small is Beautiful.
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Such a beautiful city, we loved our visit too. You’re right, the ribbon makes the shot. I keep all of my photos unless they are blurry or otherwise flawed. Even then today’s editing power makes important one salvageable. There’s always the texturing effect if all else fails LOL. Liked the use of haze on this one Amy
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Thank you Tina. LOL to the texturing effect remark 🙂
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Wonderful photos for both of these challenges. Thanks for playing in my CFFC challenge. 😀
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Thank you Cee 🙂
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Touch of red indeed 😎.
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Thanks, I see what you did there 🙂
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The edit is well done, Amy! Thank you for joining us! 🙂
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Thank you Amy, and thanks for hosting this week.
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I definitely have images I keep just because I like them and for no other reason. Maybe part of the picture is blurry, for example, but there is some awesome detail I like. I do like your edits, they serve to put more focus on the angel.
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Thank you very much.
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i agree and keep my images even if I don’t get around to editing them, unless they’re really bad. They all evoke memories of some sort.
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I am so enamored with the content, it is hard for me to see the edits. I would love to meet the craftsman who created that display. 🙂 I’m not the photographer or editor you are so whatever you do to a photo is always okay with me.
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Yes, this display was quite lovely. There was a smaller, complete nativity scene nearby that was also in straw, but I liked this better.
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The photos that make us happy are the best kind. The touch of red is eye catching.
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I agree 🙂
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I like this quiet nativity scene. If I’m not mistaken, this is facing west from the eastern end of Charles Bridge, because I recognize the bridge tower on the Mala Strana side. 😊
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Thanks, I thought it made for an interesting shot in fact because it was seasonal. Just a slightly different way to photograph this very photographed spot. You are, of course, correct about the location.
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I love this kind of art which You presented here. Thank You.
Happy new week.
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Thank you very much for your visit and kind comment. I hope you have a nice week as well.
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What an intriguing holiday display. It looks like the figures were hand made. Were they woven by hand? Wow!
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They didn’t have any information up about it, but they looked like they had been done by hand.
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That’s what I thought too.
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