Chadeaux
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- Sep 13, 2011
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- Cache Hunting
Took this pic last evening of some "yellow bells" (forsythia) at my place.
First image is the original image, no editing just resized for the forum.
The second one is done using a "fill light / clarity" adjustment layer (to brighten up the chadeauxs and better define the edges), then painted the parts of the adjustment layer where I did not want the fill light (mostly everything but the center cluster of flowers) black so that the effect for that area went away. Added a curves adjustment layer to adjust overall brightness and contrast (left the color options alone). Here is the result:
First image is the original image, no editing just resized for the forum.
The second one is done using a "fill light / clarity" adjustment layer (to brighten up the chadeauxs and better define the edges), then painted the parts of the adjustment layer where I did not want the fill light (mostly everything but the center cluster of flowers) black so that the effect for that area went away. Added a curves adjustment layer to adjust overall brightness and contrast (left the color options alone). Here is the result:
