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I shall start with a public service announcement; because of the way December falls this month, next friday will be the last After Before Forum of the of the year.
Don’t Panic! the forum will be back up and running on the 8th of January 2016. With this in mind, I was thinking we could try some christmassy images for next week.
This week I have been feeling much better after being poked and prodded and given enough pills to make me shake rattle and roll. I was out and about (but without my camera) in the morning fog. while waiting to cross the road I saw a building site with the cranes just visible in the fog. I took out my phone and snapped a shot.
I always try and edit pictures take on my phone, with my phone. With this picture I used Snapseed by google (originally niksoft), as my editing app. I really like the simplicity and ease of this app.
For my editing steps I first auto tuned the image and then applied a black and white filter. The image was still a bit dark, I used tonal adjustments to lighten the foreground and bring out the cranes more. For some finishing touches I added a vignette to the lower part of the image. I also took the spit toning from a vintage filter just to give the image a slight blue tint.
Even though it was taken on the phone and there is some obvious noise from the pixels being pushed too far, I think the picture works. Th noise adds to the grainy ness of the image and the mist which was there. I also like the cranes are more visible filling in the top part of the image with an interesting element.
Week 69 Entries For The After Before Friday Forum
Benjamin Rowe ApertureF64
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I am making an album page so there isn’t really just one before picture, but the close up picture is the close up picture of the baby. And the album page is pretty clear, lol.
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Thank you Ben. I did some re-touches for the photo in some area this morning. Since my PC is still at the shop for repairs,
I’m using my laptop to work on photos, which is not ideal at all because I don’t get to see the details at all… I noticed some yellow spots this morning on another PC. 🙂
Editing on a laptop is good on the go, but the smaller screens can make getting the perfect selections difficult. I also get the perfectionist in you needing to clean it up more. At this resolution it still looked great Amy.
I really like the edit you did, and the B&W version looks great. I also like the rest of the four AB images.
I like snapseed too, that’s a great interesting shot.
I use snapseed a lot, this shot is quite typical of what I see around my city. There is a huge amount of regeneration going on and it is not a surprise to see diversions or streets dug up. For me the picture has the confusion in the foreground balanced by the more geometric shapes in the cranes.
I use Snapseed a lot – it is always my go to app on my phone, along with Aviary. Nice edit
I haven’t used avery yet, I use either snapseed or vsco. Both are quite versatile.
Hey Ben .. I love snapseed. Just wish I was as good as you! Love the first edit .. So good 😊