Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Isn't it boring when the weather at the beach is a bit ordinary.
Add to that the high contrast when taking a shot inside a black tunnel to a background sky.
See below for close to the SOOC original.
To provide some light at the end of the tunnel, just add some enhancements to create some interest. It doesn't matter if it isn't real, after all, photography is art, and so it is the eye of the beholder. It only has to be real on TV news, and you can't trust that either.
Using the circular (not square) Marquee tool in Photoshop, drag an oval/circle around the end of the tunnel. Press [CTL '] to place some grid lines on the screen if it helps guide you to the correct end position of the oval edges.
Select Layer-Copy to New Layer and the circle gets put on its own layer above the background image so whateer you do on this layer will cover the original.
Now that the beach and sky is selected use whatever enhancement effects you like and it will only affect the selected oval. So here I enriched the colour and contrast.
I found that the circle didn't quite cover the edges of the original circle, so press [CTL T] for Transform and just drag it a bit bigger until it sits neatly on the edge of the original circle.
I go a bit carried away, and pasted a B52 bomber from Guam to drag my signature across the sky, but that is definitely optional.
Have fun.
Knit one, PEARL one.
Bridges and Tunnels Theme
Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Isn't it boring when the weather at the beach is a bit ordinary.
Add to that the high contrast when taking a shot inside a black tunnel to a background sky.
See below for close to the SOOC original.
To provide some light at the end of the tunnel, just add some enhancements to create some interest. It doesn't matter if it isn't real, after all, photography is art, and so it is the eye of the beholder. It only has to be real on TV news, and you can't trust that either.
Using the circular (not square) Marquee tool in Photoshop, drag an oval/circle around the end of the tunnel. Press [CTL '] to place some grid lines on the screen if it helps guide you to the correct end position of the oval edges.
Select Layer-Copy to New Layer and the circle gets put on its own layer above the background image so whateer you do on this layer will cover the original.
Now that the beach and sky is selected use whatever enhancement effects you like and it will only affect the selected oval. So here I enriched the colour and contrast.
I found that the circle didn't quite cover the edges of the original circle, so press [CTL T] for Transform and just drag it a bit bigger until it sits neatly on the edge of the original circle.
I go a bit carried away, and pasted a B52 bomber from Guam to drag my signature across the sky, but that is definitely optional.
Have fun.
Knit one, PEARL one.
Bridges and Tunnels Theme