one four challenge…week 4

This is the fourth of four editing challenges for Leanne and Joanne’s invitation to choose one image and then for four weeks share one edited change to that image. “You can do whatever you like with it, just do something different each week.”

Often times there is a stuck-ness that keeps me glued to a problem/challenge until a solution releases me … this fourth of four challenges has freed me from stuck-ness. This liberation has me dancing in the street – this wondrous misty-chilly morning!

A while back I found that Photoshop’s upgrades messaged that my computer had become ancient with a nonverbal suggestion that I either consider a new computer or explore alternative software editing programs. Enter Pixelmator Pro.

This fourth image invited me to explore Pixelmator Pro’s scale shape horizontally and vertically as well as the auto crop. Then I played around with the hue and saturation’s vibrance and then ended this editing challenge with color selection,

Fujifilm X-T4: f/4.5 1/900 s 80 mm 400 ISO

I hope you enjoyed this editing journey.

one four challenge…week 3

This is the third of four editing challenges for Leanne and Joanne’s invitation to choose one image and then for four weeks share one edited change to that image. “You can do whatever you like with it, just do something different each week.”

For awhile I found myself in a puzzle … how to create this image into something different? After a number of false starts I decided to insert a moon into the center with Snapseed’s double exposure and then to edit with their expand option. A unique image, I must say!

Fujifilm X-T4: f/4.5 1/900 s 80 mm 400 ISO

lens-artists: exposure

Leica D-Lux 7 … f/2.8 1/80 s 26.3 mm 3200 ISO -1.3 ev

This image was created by using natural light with an exposure value set at -1.3.

FujifilmX-T4 … f/4 1/1000 s 120 mm 640 ISO -2 ev

The highlights (leaves and light on middle figure) were adjusted in black and white post editing

FujifilmX-T4 … f/4 1/1000 s 33 mm 640 ISO 1.3 ev

This image (initial exploration of long exposure with a Fujifilm) was edited for shadow and highlights during post editing

FujifilmX-T4 … f/4 1/1000 s 59 mm 640 ISO -2 ev

This image was created with Fujifilm’s film simulation retro gold with lights and shadow adjusted during post editing.

I work with RAW images, the camera is set at Aperture Mode, and generally edit images in Capture One, Photoshop, Nix Software, and Snapseed.

As my computer isn’t reading my external disks, the RAW files of the last three images were edited in iPad’s Lightroom, Photoshop, and Snapseed.

Thank you Sofia (Photographias) for this week’s lens-artist’s challenge: exposure.