Photoshop on a Rainy Day.
28th October 2020
In the Brecon Beacons we are enduring a horrible spell of wet and windy weather, day after day during our current ’Lockdown’ period. Susan and I have been dodging the weather to get a few local walks in to offset the boredom. Today in one of the many quiet times, I was looking at some images of fungi, casually taken with my mobile, on one of the said walks. A few of the images looked to have some potential for a bit of ‘Fantasy Photography’ using Photoshop, so I set about trying to transform it into something totally different.
Using ‘Layers’ and ‘Layer Masks’ allows you to light paint and colour in particular areas of any image, creating glowing effects and different colours, which can give an ethereal look. They are very useful tools for this type of digital photography manipulation and it can give some good results.
However you do need to recognize an image that has potential to start with, otherwise it's hard work for no reward.
I used a very ordinary image, (that I felt had that potential), of a cluster of fungi growing on some dead wood.
And employing the above techniques the image has been totally transformed. I also added a fairy using image blending to give it the final touch.
Well you have to try and do something in these dark times!
Using ‘Layers’ and ‘Layer Masks’ allows you to light paint and colour in particular areas of any image, creating glowing effects and different colours, which can give an ethereal look. They are very useful tools for this type of digital photography manipulation and it can give some good results.
However you do need to recognize an image that has potential to start with, otherwise it's hard work for no reward.
I used a very ordinary image, (that I felt had that potential), of a cluster of fungi growing on some dead wood.
And employing the above techniques the image has been totally transformed. I also added a fairy using image blending to give it the final touch.
Well you have to try and do something in these dark times!