Playing with my photos

[david]

@Issabella.

Thank you for sharing so many beautiful photographs and giving me the opportunity to play with them.
I have been busy lately, but hope to come back to the ones I have missed and have another try with some of the others.

[Issabella]

Thanks David. I'll love to see your awesome results.

[david]

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[david]

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[Issabella]

David, what beauty in those photos.

[david]

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[Issabella]

David, great work in the photos as usual.
I found a few photos I took in Cadaqués, a charming village in the North-East of Spain. At first hors there was very foggy.

[Issabella]

[Issabella]

[david]

One of the photographs I wished to revisit.

IMG_7248. The original with perspective correction.

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Removed the people and made the tower brightness match the rest of the building. Emphasised the facade.

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Increased the saturation on the buildings and reduced it on the steps (foreground).

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I may yet have another try at this photograph!

Next I must play with your beautiful photographs of Cadaqués.

[david]

IMG_1340. Reduced the contrast to emphasise the mistiness. Desaturated and added a blue colour cast.

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IMG_1345. Tried to bring out the detail of the boat.

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IMG_1320. Contrast mask in layer 1 of luminosity mask plug-in. Saturation increase in high and medium regions.

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[david]

IMG_1336. Small adjustments with luminosity masks. Increase saturation high and medium areas.

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IMG_1328. Contrast mask in layer 2 of luminosity masks. Increased saturation of red roofs.

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[lylejk]

Golden Hour

[david]

IMG_1340. Not happy with my previous attempt. Another try, still not what I wanted to achieve, but different!

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These other images from Cadaqués I could play with for many hours! All done with eq_lum_mask_small.py and eq_sat_mask_h_m_s.py
A significant feature of the photographs are the red tiled roofs. By using Colours/Curves within the medium mask of eq_sat_mask_h_m_s.py I have been able to brighten the darker roofs and then increase their saturation.

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[david]

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[Issabella]

David, I like seeing each photo after your enhancement. More when one compares the before and after.
Lyle, that golden touch is great!

[Issabella]

[Issabella]

[Issabella]

[david]

For most of these photographs I have used the luminosity and saturation plug-ins. Added a contrast mask to layer 2 to lighten the darkest parts.

IMG_1337. Removed some of the cables and pipes.

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IMG_1350.

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IMG_1352. Tried to emphasise the mistiness.

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