I took this on Sunday, about twenty minutes before the overwhelming blueness, which was featured earlier in the week. I was struck by the unusual silhouettes of the palm trees, but it was difficult to find a shot that reflected how dramatically incongruous they seemed on a windswept November promenade. It wasn’t until I started tweaking in Photoshop that the photo really came alive, and gave me a chance to pretend this wasn’t really northern Europe in winter – perhaps I’d slipped away to a balmy tropical island for the afternoon instead.
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The end result is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThe tweaking really worked. Great photo! Gazing upon it, one can't help but imagine walking on a summer beach.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a hip place, nothing but leafless tree's and rain here in Buffalo, New York. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteKris
That is really nice end result. I have a Kerativ Blogger Award for you to pick up. Carol of Photo Phase passed to us and to Janie also. Have a nice weekend.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo...I love the silhouettes...beautiful soft colors in that sunset...
ReplyDeleteLooks like Hawaii! Good work with Photo
ReplyDeleteshop. I'm trying to learn how to use PS, but I haven't gotten very far.
Thanks, glad that if had the same effect on other people!
ReplyDeleteKris - trust me, all the trees here are leafless, the skies most often grey, but hey, who says you have to deal on with what you're given? ;)
Grace and Bradley - Thanks very much!
Pat - I find Adobe the least intuitive set of programmes I have ever used (including ancient early 80s mainframe programmes)...but once you get into it worlds start opening up. Unfortunatley, I can also spend half an hour working out something pretty simple. I really recommend the Photoshop for Dummies books.
I think I'll get one of the Photoshop for Dummies books because this big fat manual is too intimidating for me.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's so beautiful!!
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