Jeff Wignall
Abraham Lincoln and Todd Lincoln Statue
This statue in front of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines is thought to be the only one showing Abraham Lincoln and his son Todd Lincoln together. I colored the photo in Photoshop CS3 using a variety of techniques to color the statue. Then I selected the sky area and used a gradient map to match the color of the sky to the colors in the statue. The reason that I colored them separately is that the sky wasn't matching the statue when I tried to do them as one unit, so I colored them separately. I feathered the sky selection, by the way, to make the edge softer where it met the statue. Please visit my Photo Tip of the Day blog for daily tips on shooting and editing. Copyright 2009 www.jeffwignall.com.
Abraham Lincoln and Todd Lincoln Statue
This statue in front of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines is thought to be the only one showing Abraham Lincoln and his son Todd Lincoln together. I colored the photo in Photoshop CS3 using a variety of techniques to color the statue. Then I selected the sky area and used a gradient map to match the color of the sky to the colors in the statue. The reason that I colored them separately is that the sky wasn't matching the statue when I tried to do them as one unit, so I colored them separately. I feathered the sky selection, by the way, to make the edge softer where it met the statue. Please visit my Photo Tip of the Day blog for daily tips on shooting and editing. Copyright 2009 www.jeffwignall.com.