Witta Priester
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Hello everyone. I'm looking forward to getting acquainted, having fun, and learning heaps. I am always looking for ideas for improvement, so please bring it on.
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In July I went whale watching out of Port Angeles WA, not far from home. The boat took us past Race Rocks Lighthouse (in Canada), where this photo was taken.
I liked the composition after the panorama crop, but felt that the photo was in need of some added drama and definition. After some global adjustments in the LR develop module, I brought the photo into PS. I added a variety of textures until I got a feeling that I liked (foggy, yet sunny). Then I enhanced the reds in the roofs and at the top of the lighthouse (by painting and blending). A levels adjustment layer helped brighten the structures and area behind. Finally, once back in LR, I did a few local adjustments, and removed some of the texture-derived color from the water. Lastly a vignette was added.
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9 comments posted
You might consider doing something about that mountain top, which looked to me like something floating in the sky. It took me a bit to figure out what it was, but it is a bit distracting, to me. A Content Aware Fill on the original image would take it out.   Posted: 08/01/2019 10:59:30
I also find the peak peeping out of the clouds a little distracting - only because there is no other context in the image to tie it to. Hence it looks like it's just floating there.
My suggestion is to add some visual texturing or layers to the snow-capped peak, so it is there but matches the texture of everything else.
You have both your texture overlays and cloud to work with. Overlaying cloud and adjusting opacity might work, so you still know it's there and it gives depth to the mountains overall.
I'd be interested to see your final result :)   Posted: 08/06/2019 16:16:24
To minimize the snowy peak, which I liked as a point of interest, especially in the original photo, I decided I needed a bit more interest elsewhere. So, after cloning in some clouds to almost cover the snow, I added a hint of more mountain on the left. Then I brightened the light house and added more red to the roofs, also added a bit of light atop the lighthouse, and more contrast on the rocks. Might be hard to see in this smaller version.   Posted: 08/06/2019 17:53:52