An Emerald Fire

Can I tell you how much I love the MMoCA? I love it. There, I've told you. The modern lines are lovely and, in the right light, you can get such incredibly imagery with it. Funny thing? I generally dislike modern art. Weird.

 

The last few Photography Experiences, my last photos have been spectacular. I wish I could produce that quality daily, yo.

 

How I did that mojo:

1. I shifted the white balance towards green (In Aperture). I find that Aperture does a much finer job with color shifting than Photoshop - it adjusts the correct range of colors rather than single hues.

2. In Photoshop, duplicated the layer and set the dup to "multiply" in the layer palette.

3. Added a layer mask and painted down the inside of the MMoCA so it wasn't so dark.

4. Cross processed with my normal process (minus the last yellow color layer): www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/or/cross-processing.html

5. Flatten the layers. Image> adjustments> variations. (If you've never used this tool, you're missing out on so much.)

6. Set saturation slider to lowest. Add yellow to the midtones, two clicks yellow to the highlights, one click green too. Add blue and green to the shadows - one click each.

7. Upload and go.

Done