Light in the Forest
I photographed this scene in the woods behind my house. I added a vignette and light rays in PS, and also applied two blur overlays. I adjusted the colors using hue/saturation to give it this blue-green tone, which I felt added to the mystical forest feel.
Here is the original shot just to show you what I started with.
Christopher, I love the mood that this image invokes - mystical is a good word, but I am also thinking spiritual as well. I really like how you did the rays reaching out. The rays and the blurs really add to the ethereal quality.
Christopher, I love the feel you were able to create here. I'm glad you showed us the original. I might mask back in just a hint more detail to the center area if it were mine. Nice work!:)
Really nice work Christopher! You have made a very nice mood here with the rays and the colors. This color scheme is referred to as "lomo" in the film world. LOMO is a Russian manufacturer of cameras that have similar characteristics to the Holga cameras. A lot of movies are processed with this look, like the Harry Potter movies and The Matrix. :cool: Beautiful image!
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This is excellent, Christopher. I really like the color scheme here. It is very pleasing. Nicely done.
Christopher,
Way to make something special out something more ordinary..........the light thru the trees is spectacular.
Another beautiful piece of work.
Such a beautiful scene - you really took the ordinary to a whole other level.
IMO...I would try to see if you could get the greens to be more "evergreen"...they feel nice when you first look and then I started to wonder if they were fake. I'd love to see them a deeper blue tint maybe?
The glow and light on this is super. Makes me want to "go into the light"... :cool:
Absolutely excellent work Christopher. Agree with Denise on bringing back a little more detail in the center. Very well done!
Is this like what you meant, Jules? I adjusted the tones to give it even more of a blue tone.Originally Posted by Julie Kenward
Thanks, everyone, for the comments. Much appreciated!
Christopher, I tried it by opening a hue/saturation level and clicked on "greens" and then move the hue to -28 and the saturation to +5. I then opened a color balance adjustment layer and clicked on "midtones" and then moved the cyan to -1, the magenta to -3 and the blue to +19.
I like what you've done in the repost but I still think that the greens near the center need to look more like the yellow/greens on the forest floor. These adjustments I made seem to bring it a little closer. But that's MY vision - not yours so you do what works for you.
Jules, I tried the adjustments you made, and yeah its nice that way but it doesn't quite have the feel that I wanted. Thanks for giving your opinion. I appreciate it. :)
Christopher, Why did you do two blur overlays, instead of doing it all in one?
Love the image! i think I like the color in your first post, but agree to add a bit more detail in the center.
Thanks for commenting, Cheryl. I find that adding two blur overlays will often get you slightly different results than if you used just one. In this case, I added one blur overlay after adding the light rays and then added the second one after applying the vignette and color changes. If I had used just one, the effect wouldn't be the same.
Chris, Were both blur layers the same amount of blurring?
I don't remember for sure, Cheryl, but I think it was the same amount of blurring for both. I typically use gaussian blur at radius>20px for blur overlays. The opacity for both layers was different, though. I applied the first one with an opacity of 42%, the second one I applied at 22% opacity.
Thank you, Christopher!
I appreciate you taking the time to explain it so clearly. Thanks!
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