We were challenged to edit a photo three different ways- experimenting with the tone curve, split toning, presets, whatever. I had just bought some gerbera daisies last night, so the choice of the subject was easy.
The first photo is my basic clean edit shot with a little cloning/healing in Lightroom 5 (love the updated tool!). You can see my walls are yellow.
The second is desaturated quite a bit- I really like the tones in this.
The third I took into Topaz Simplify- to give it a bit of a painted look.
And the last I edited with Kim’s kk_anne and kk_1301 textures.
I did several other versions as well, but these are probably my favorites.
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Do I have to pick just one? Beautiful work!
Really cool the different looks.
Nice to hear you have LR5 and like it…thinking if I should upgrade from 4. Lovely edits on each one…thank you for explaining them all.
I think I like the 4rh one the best. Was this a challenge on CM?
Love, love, love the upper right version!
I like number 4 best! There is such dreamy light in that picture
I like them all! Gorgeous work. 🙂