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O! how I would have raged had the lights flickr'd out. I had to not only tone them down, but I had to keep the vibrancy of the tree, which, according to Photoshop, is yellow. Ew.
So I really liked how this image made things look like steps going up from the left tot he right. When I adjusted the image so that the building would not be supper dark it ended up leaving the building in the back ground looking white a light bulb, bright and with out detail.
By masking only the white area i was able to lower the exposer in that area returning lots of detail and even a restaurants sign became visible again!
I decreased the highlights from the bright windows so that the concentration from the chess match was not lost.
A colossal, glittering mound of freshly harvested salt dominates the foreground, its coarse crystalline texture catching the harsh, directional light of the late afternoon sun. Deep, inky shadows carve dramatic chasms into the white peak, emphasizing the sheer volume and rough, granulated surface of this elemental harvest. This striking scene unfolds at the vast Salinas Grandes, an expansive high-altitude salt flat situated in the remote reaches of the Argentine Northwest. Beyond the monumental pile, the arid, rolling hills of the Andean plateau stretch towards the horizon, their warm, ochre tones contrasting sharply against the pristine white salt and the deep, gradient blue of the high-altitude sky. The photographer utilizes a deep depth of field to keep both the intricate details of the salt mound and the distant, undulating mountain ridges in sharp focus, anchoring the viewer firmly within this desolate yet beautiful landscape. To the right, orderly stacks of precisely cut salt blocks reveal the human element of this environment, highlighting the traditional, labor-intensive extraction methods still employed in the Puna region. The arid, biting wind of the altiplano is almost palpable in the stark clarity of the atmosphere, a testament to the extreme conditions under which these local miners operate. The interplay of light and shadow transforms the seemingly mundane industrial byproduct into a rugged, miniature mountain range of its own, echoing the grandeur of the distant Andes. There is a profound silence captured in the frame, broken only by the implied crunch of coarse salt underfoot and the vast emptiness of the high desert. This raw depiction of resource extraction beautifully encapsulates the stark, unforgiving, yet visually arresting nature of Jujuy and Salta's borderlands. This image is a collaborative production by Samuel Jeffery and Audrey Bergner for Project 23.
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Un montÃculo colosal y resplandeciente de sal recién cosechada domina el primer plano, y su textura cristalina gruesa capta la luz dura y direccional del sol de la tarde. Sombras profundas y oscuras esculpen abismos dramáticos en el pico blanco, enfatizando el gran volumen y la superficie rugosa y granulada de esta cosecha elemental. Esta sorprendente escena se desarrolla en las vastas Salinas Grandes, un extenso salar de gran altitud situado en los confines remotos del noroeste argentino. Más allá de la monumental pila, las áridas y onduladas colinas del altiplano andino se extienden hacia el horizonte, y sus cálidos tonos ocre contrastan fuertemente con la prÃstina sal blanca y el azul profundo y degradado del cielo de gran altitud. El fotógrafo utiliza una gran profundidad de campo para mantener bien enfocados tanto los intrincados detalles del montÃculo de sal como las distantes y onduladas crestas montañosas, anclando firmemente al espectador dentro de este paisaje desolado pero hermoso. A la derecha, las pilas ordenadas de bloques de sal cortados con precisión revelan el elemento humano de este entorno, destacando los métodos de extracción tradicionales y laboriosos que todavÃa se emplean en la región de la Puna. El viento árido y cortante del altiplano es casi palpable en la cruda claridad de la atmósfera, un testimonio de las condiciones extremas bajo las cuales operan estos mineros locales. El juego de luces y sombras transforma el subproducto industrial aparentemente mundano en una escarpada cadena montañosa en miniatura, haciendo eco de la grandeza de los Andes distantes. Hay un profundo silencio capturado en el encuadre, roto solo por el crujido implÃcito de la sal gruesa bajo los pies y el vasto vacÃo del desierto alto. Esta cruda representación de la extracción de recursos resume a la perfección la naturaleza austera, implacable y, sin embargo, visualmente deslumbrante de las tierras fronterizas de Jujuy y Salta. Esta imagen es una producción colaborativa de Samuel Jeffery y Audrey Bergner para el Proyecto 23.
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Photo by Samuel Jeffery & Audrey Bergner | Project 23
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Here is my improved image. I took Zhu's suggestion by cropping out the left part, which does add a sense of mystery. I also cropped out the right part, because after revisiting the photo, I felt that it was also empty space with no purpose.
I think a good 60% of my childhood is still in my room. i had some fun with the bright colors in that toybox over there.
I used a black/ white layer to darken the foreground trees, and then two specific color layers to bring out both colors in the sky.
Before: 4250 K; After: 3700 K. Determined setting by using the Auto feature and then tweaking slightly to get a color temperature to my liking.