From time to time I go through photographs that I shot several years ago to see if I would like to try a new interpretation of them. That’s how I came to be working on this file:
ISO 250 f/2.7 1/60sec 4.3mm
This photo was taken at St. Michael’s Church in Betws-y-Coed, Wales, in 2016. So, some things haven’t changed since then, like the fact that I enjoy visiting churches and graveyards. This photo was taken with my point and shoot that only has jpeg file capability. That means there is a limit to how much detail I am going to get out of the sky. To work around that one of the filters that I used was “dark fog”. I paired it with a filter called “Old Timer” that I have in a collection of Halloween “looks”. I felt that a Halloween filter was appropriate with it being October and the photo being an old graveyard. My final edit was something much darker than the original:
ISO 250 f/2.7 1/60sec 4.3mm
Do you like the edit? That tree was really something else! and I feel like it adds a lot of character to the photo. Feel free to leave a comment below.
Cheers!
Added to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, Circles, Curves, and Arches.
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A good edit often makes a photo! 🙂 The darker image certainly works. Makes the tree look more ominous, as fitting for Halloween! 👌
Dropping by from CFFC.
https://thedogladysden.com/circles-curves-and-arches-cees-fun-foto-challenge/
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Thanks very much. I saw you over on Twitter as well, I’ve given you a follow over there 🙂
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Thanks; I saw that. Cheers!
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Nice edit! And I agree… that tree is awesome!
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Thanks very much!
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I like both photos equally and the edit one made the branches of the tree stand out more – and was able to see more of the way it spread – it really is a cool old tree to capture in a cemetery
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Yes, that tree was really special.
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🙂
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What a gorgeous old tree, 😀 😀
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I agree 🙂
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I do this occasionally, it’s great fun. I’m also finding a lot of fun out of scanning negatives from photos I shot in the late 70s and early 80s and putting them through lightroom. Generally I’m finding that maybe I should have invested in higher contrast paper back then, they look so much punchier and better now than they ever did when I printed them originally!
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It is interesting how something like that, a detail like the paper used, can make such a big difference.
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I’m about to go through a whole stack of photos from a foreign trip we took in 1988 which I’ve pretty much not looked at in at least 25 years…I’m sure it will be a blog post, or maybe several blog posts..
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Yes, that could easily turn into a whole blog series I think. Have fun 🙂
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Definitely adds a new dimension to it
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I do like your edit. It draws my eye to the tree – which is amazing – and away from the sky. The ground covering jumps out too! (what editing software do you use? looks like fun)
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So, I am using Luminar 3 which I really like.
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Thanks!
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I like the edit. Well done!
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Thanks Amy 🙂
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Very nice -I bet that tree was a lot of work indeed! You are right though, it really does give the photo more character. Well done.
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Thank you 🙂
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When we lived in the UK, our favourite week-end jaunts included cemeteries. Old trees, like the one you show here, were fantastic!
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Yes, I’m a bit of a sucker for them, I’ve slowed down many of our weekend walks.
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The edit heightens the drama, Amy. I was going to say ‘brings it to life’ but in the circumstances… 🙂 🙂
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LOL 🙂 Maybe not here though.
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A very peaceful scene, Amy. Love the edit very much.
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It was a lovely spot, in a fairly busy place, a bit of an oasis really.
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The edits are big benefits in the upper right corner and in the foreground, and they augment the impression that the tree branches are the grasping fingers of something very big and creepy that will frolic on Halloween.
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Thanks very much. Halloween was very much lurking in my mind when I made this edit 🙂
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Good Job!
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