This week’s Beyond Beyond (2B) challenge was to find the best light in your house- and to practice some Photoshop tricks to add more light to photos. I am pretty familiar with the light (and lack of light) in my house at different times of the day after having done a Project 365 for two years, so concentrated on the Photoshop techniques. I used the Sybil texture, as well as a white gradient to enhance the window light that was already present in this macro of a sea urchin from my shell collection.
And here’s a black and white version of the same photo (almost the same processing).
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You did beautiful work, Melinda! I think I need to start saving for a macro lens!
No sea urchins here! Caught a 21 inch spotted sea trout today so we have dinner.
An absolute gorgeous result Melinda!! Perfect for a lovely wall print!
Interesting to see the differences in the B & W vs color. I think I like the color one better, but that is certainly just a preference: both images have been processed well.
Stunning photos!
these are delightful, I love your processing in both photos but I think I prefer the hint of colour in the first..
Beautiful work, Melinda.
Nice. They look like jewels.