"Hump day treat" - Having fun with Photoshop

Happy hump day Surfers!
(We're over the hump of mid week!) Also, I hope you all got the "Mean Girls" reference there.

It's been a while and I have failed miserably in terms of photography, so I had a look through my memory card before it was formatted and found a few pictures which had the potential to be quite interesting; they just needed a little help. I had a play about with Photoshop and turned out some pretty decent images (in my opinion at least!) I've included the original photographs so that you can see just how much has been changed.

Now I don't pretend to be an expert with Photoshop, I used some preset effects which are on the program then made some adjustments and added a few bits, but hey, I'm still learning.

Before

These are some shots I took back in the summer in the orchard. I was actually trying to learn about focus points when doing this and the original picture is pretty basic; however with some contrast changes and a lens flare to imitate the sun it has ended up being quite a pretty picture.

This image has actually inspired me to take some more conceptual photographs, I just need to find myself some willing models! Haha.

Before

After

This final image is one I am quite proud of; it was taken on one of the last times I was in London. 

When I first purchased Photoshop I wanted to see how much it could do so, after watching some Youtube tutorials, I had a go with some real photo manipulation and ended up with this :) I know you can still see the reflections of the buildings in the water but we'll work on it.

Hope you enjoyed this mini post. I'll be back when I have persuaded some of my friends to stay still long enough for a picture!

Have a good rest of the week.

Love E

Don't forget to check out the blogs which have links at the top of my page! They post much more regularly than I! 

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