I’ve been working on my photo class all morning. I uploaded photos I took in Wyoming as well as ones from a few days ago and this morning- each one satisfying a different requirement. And all of them have to be SOOC (straight out of camera)- no cropping or editing of any kind.
After the (self-imposed) pressure of finding the best SOOC images to post, it was a relief to edit a couple for the blog.
Here is the one I took this morning, which looked pretty good SOOC for the class, but so much better (to my eye) when given a boost with a soft light blend mode and with distracting background elements eliminated by blowing out the background with a levels layer.
And here’s another that I did not use for the class. It was slightly cropped, edited in Aperture 3 (definition, contrast) and with a soft light blend mode added in Photoshop.
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Both gorgeous shots. I especially love the gerbera daisies. Stunning color and composition.