The problem with trying to take photos when you are lacking
inspiration is that you end up forcing it, meaning you are much less likely of
getting a “wow” photo, and most will be mediocre at best. I was having a day of
no inspiration today, but desperately needed new photos.
I took about 80 photos, but most were duplicates and very
few useable. When looking through them, I found a photo of this plant; it was
quite over exposed, which I tried to repair in Photoshop.
I used the exposure tool to darken the highlights. I then reduced
the brightness of the overall image, then increased the contrast. I tried to
increase the saturation, but it didn’t look right. I changed the hue, trying to
make it more natural, but gave up and started to mess around, making the image
look strange. I increased the hue almost completely, but decided that it made
the image look a lot more interesting!!!
Editing the photo like this reminded me of the effect given
by a photogram (when you place objects on photographic paper and expose to get
the outline, and sometimes the texture, of the object). I like the small amount
of foreground that can be seen at the top. Photoshop is an amazing tool; perhaps
designed to enhance photos, but it has the potential to make an ordinary photo
interesting.
Bex
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