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Photoshop experiments

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This is the original photo which I took a few weeks ago in Germany. The photo consists of blurred rain drops on the car window in the foreground, and trees in the background which are in-focus.
I edited the light levels, slightly increased the contrast, and applied a blue colour filter to the photo. This helps bring out the detail in the trees, as well as making the clouds in the background visible due to more contrast.
This is the first final image. I have kept it looking as natural as possible to keep the cool tone of the photo.
This is an alternative version of the photo, I have applied a black & white filter, and increased the brightness and contrast slightly as applying the filter made the photo dark and hard to see.
To get the final photo I have further increased the brightness and exposure, this helps make all the details in the photo visible, as well as making the rain drops in the foreground less prominent, which makes the angled rain in the middle-ground visible and diverts attention to the pine trees.
This is a variation of the black & white edit of the same pine tree photo. Here I have lowered the offset which makes the photo really dark and creates the effect of the photo being taken at night. I have also increased the exposure slightly and raised the gamma correction.
This is my favourite edit of the lot that I have done of this photo. The clouds in the background are really clear and only the outline of the trees is visible. The rest of the trees being solid black makes the whole photo stand out more as there are less distractions around the edges. The rain drops still being visible and bright help give the photo depth as the light brings contrast to the mostly dark photo.

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  1. Good progress so far, well done…now you must ensure that your next photo-shoot is complete and ready to edit during Week 4 and that all blog posts are up to date.
    Remember to check your tracking sheet to see what is required and when!

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