Over Time | 5.7.11 @ 1.29pm | Rexburg, Idaho | f/8.0 | Shutter Speed 1/160 | Canon Powershot SX120IS | ISO 200, Focal Length 10.3, no flash
First, I opened Camera Raw. Then bumping up the vibrance and contrast, I moved to the saturation. Using the adjustment brush, I highlighted the upper bricks, then reaching it to barely touch the tallest flowers, I decreased the saturation. I kind of like that it looks as though the color is slowly creeping up into the whole picture... or slowly being sapped of color, depending on how you look at it.
I did not make many edits to this image. I will admit that I opened it in Camera Raw and lightened the dog's face. This was the only edit that I made to it. It was just so fluffy.
In My Pretty Garden | 5.7.11 @ 1.38pm | Rexburg, Idaho | f/4.0 | Shutter Speed 1/1250 | Canon Powershot SX120 IS | ISO 200, Focal Length 25.2, no flash
Since I am trying to work on my Camera Raw, this is another study in the raw. I bumped up the blacks. I then increased the saturation. I increased the clarity of the picture, but I wanted to make sure that it would not compromise the colors that I had here. I loved how bright and cheery the flowers were, and with the addition of black in the background, I feel it makes the flowers pop out more!
I did not make any edits to these little flowers. They just looked so cheerful already, and after goofing around with some edits, I looked at the original picture, and I liked it better.
