Back again for Month 5 of the One Four Challenge after missing month 4…though I almost forgot about it…March came up SO fast!!
I thought I would use a photo I pretty much dismissed as a total failure when I first looked at it. This was supposed to be a silhouette of some people walking along the frozen river at The Forks in Winnipeg. It is a silhouette…but it is way too dark, so much so that I thought it would be unusable:
So for the first week I just wanted to prove to myself that it has potential.
I opened the file in Lightroom and did some basic editing…exposure, contrast, clarity, vibrance, sharpening etc. And I now have a photo…a bit overexposed but at least there is now some colour:
Hopefully I will be able to slowly improve this photo as the month progresses! It should give me practice in working with selective editing on different parts of the photo. I hope to use both desktop and iPad apps…
For more results for this challenge google “One Four Challenge” or use “One Four Challenge” in the categories search in WordPress reader.
Once you try the ND Filter you won’t ever go back, it is a great tool worth figuring out. I really like the amount of color you brought back with the people, they look great. I am also looking forward to seeing you progress each week. Taking one part of your image for each week is a great way to go about this challenge, I need to take that to heart for next month I think. Great start!
LikeLike
What a great edit, so looking forward to the next stage.
LikeLike
I like the look – the whiteness brings out the colour for sure. It’s a great edit!
LikeLike
Glad you are back for March Marsha!!
This photo has lots of potential and even though I love the colour, I also love the darkness in the sky and ground with the light.
Have fun with it – looking forward to the next 3 🙂
LikeLike
Great image and I look forward to seeing it change over the next 3 weeks!
LikeLike
I love seeing how the colour comes out with your edits. The original is almost monochrome.
LikeLike
The picture is slightly under exposed because of the snow tricking the light meter, I wrote a bit about it on my post for this challenge as I am also using a snow scene. The quick version is that the snow is bright and the camera compensates by under exposing the picture to create a balanced exposure.
You rescued this picture quite nicely, although I can’t see where I would take it next so I am interested in what your other version will be.
LikeLike
Nice image. Should lend itself to numerous approaches. I second the suggestion about ND filter to get the clouds.
LikeLike
Looking forward to seeing the progression.
LikeLike
Wonderful editing! You really pulled out the photos quality:)
LikeLike
Nice how you pulled this photo out of the shadows … well done!
LikeLike
It’s definitely a vast improvement, may I suggest the nd filter over the sky for next time to capture that lovely cloud detail
LikeLike
thanks for the suggestion… I will see if I can figure out how to do that!!
LikeLike
Feel free to ask if you need help, the ND grad filter is a bit odd to use the first time but once you understand it, makes perfect sense 🙂
LikeLike
thanks!!
LikeLike
Wow – what an improvement! Can’t wait to see what you do next.
LikeLike
Yes! The people have come to life with gestures and action and color! Nothing like a good challenge, huh!?
LikeLike
You Did a marvelous job of getting the color back in the photo. I look forward to what you are going to do next with it 🙂
LikeLike