Today I took a break from a project that I have been knee deep into lately. It’s required a lot of concentration and was giving me a headache. I needed a little right brain vacation from my left brain project. A photographer friend who’s work I really admire, Laura :), recently posted about an editing program that really peeked my curiosity. I made the leap and purchased the program and then had some fun today. I went digging into my archives from the last few months and dug out a few photos that I liked but didn’t love…. I’m still in the experimental stages but I thought it might be good to make a post under the theme “Differences” and just show you a comparison….
The photo itself isn’t very interesting, but I am emotionally attached to it. I took it last fall when I was visiting my family in Indiana. On this particular day I was wandering around downtown Fort Wayne looking for fall colors. I liked the leading line of the sidewalk but never felt like it was composed correctly. Oh well, it came in handy today when I needed a photo to play around with! I think my head is starting to feel better already… 🙂
Before
After
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January 16, 2015 at 5:00 pm
I really like the changed photograph. I know you mention you are learning, but did it take ages?
January 16, 2015 at 5:13 pm
Thanks Debbie. It didn’t take long at all. It’s just a plug in program so it does most of the work for you. After you choose an effect then you tweak it to give it your own touch. I didn’t do much fiddling around with this one because I was just flipping through a lot of presets to see how they each looked. The program is called Topaz Impressions. There is a free 30 day trial available if you want to give it a spin! http://www.topazlabs.com/impression
January 16, 2015 at 5:37 pm
love this! I purchased Impression, too… I love the options it has – definitely fun to play with!
January 16, 2015 at 7:04 pm
Thanks Stacy…. I’m looking forward to more tinkering… 🙂
January 16, 2015 at 9:24 pm
I also have Impressions and find it interesting to play with.
January 16, 2015 at 5:40 pm
The change makes the leaves look like feathers! Really fun.
January 16, 2015 at 7:04 pm
Thank you Carolyn 🙂
January 16, 2015 at 6:24 pm
I love “before” and “after” photos … this is very pretty – at first I wondered if it was the Gatsby programme which always tempts me.
January 16, 2015 at 7:05 pm
Thanks! I’m not sure if I am familiar with Gatsby, I’ll have to google it. 🙂
January 16, 2015 at 6:28 pm
WOW! What clarity. LOVE it!!
January 16, 2015 at 7:05 pm
Thanks!
January 16, 2015 at 7:47 pm
Great result! Love the line of the sidewalk.
January 16, 2015 at 7:58 pm
Thank you Erin. ☺️
January 17, 2015 at 9:50 am
Beautiful. Great colours and love the effect.
January 17, 2015 at 12:10 pm
I love what you did with it! It’s beautiful. 🙂 Glad you enjoy the program! 😀
January 17, 2015 at 11:17 pm
Lovely! I love filters!
January 18, 2015 at 8:47 pm
Very nice. I like how you have lighted up the pathway.
January 18, 2015 at 9:12 pm
Thanks Deedie!
January 18, 2015 at 11:10 pm
Love the editing you did! Beautiful!
January 18, 2015 at 11:22 pm
Thank you 😀
January 21, 2015 at 2:15 am
Absolutely lovely!!
January 24, 2015 at 12:04 am
Thank you Linda!
January 22, 2015 at 4:13 pm
Looks like an interesting plug-in. It really brings the shadows on the original photograph to life. Thanks for sharing the information.
January 24, 2015 at 12:05 am
Your welcome Trudie. You might want to download the free 30 day trial and just play with it a bit!
January 23, 2015 at 6:55 pm
Laura does some pretty cool stuff with photo editing software. Glad you shared the information. I will be checking out the web link. Fort Wayne was where my father was from and my mother is from Wabash. We still have family in Kokomo…small world!
January 24, 2015 at 12:06 am
Wow Karen, it is a small world. Most people have never even heard of Fort Wayne outside of the midwest. How did your family end up in California? And yes, right brain is for sure more relaxing than left brain!
January 23, 2015 at 6:57 pm
Opps…Forgot to say,
There’s nothing like a good right brain workout is there.