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Sunday, April 27, 2008

Leu Gardens

A few months ago my friend Emily and I went to the HP Leu gardens with our kiddos. The kids walked around looking at all the pretty flowers and things. I wasn't very happy with how my pictures turned out, so I never did anything with them. But, today, The Pioneer Woman (if you haven't checked out her blog, you really have to!) posted a tutorial that I thought I could use on one of my photos from that day. She has the best Photoshop tutorials! I learn so much from her simple techniques. So, I thought I'd give it a try. Here is my before and after version. Hers are much more impressive!


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I added Hard Light at 30% opacity, tried out the Filter>Render>Lighting Effect technique at 30% opacity, burned the edges a bit, and then I added a bit of texture too. Hmm...these small photos really don't do it justice. You can always click for a larger view.

18 comments:

  1. Great color. I love the yellow.

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  2. Beautiful flowers! I like your edit on this!

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  3. Very pretty! I can see the difference in the pp... nice job!

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  4. Great shot, I love how the flowers are all in a row. I saw that tutorial too and loved the effect! Great job!

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  5. She's great isn't she? Glad you learned something new!

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  6. Wow! Your editing really enhances the yellow in this! Makes it become much more "center stage!"

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  7. LOVE Pioneer Woman! Great job with her pping tips! I didn't change my name on Two Peas (or at least I don't think I did!:) )

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  8. Very pretty! You processed it perfectly.

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  9. Very pretty, I love yellow.

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  10. That is so funny, I saw this on her blog this weekend and I tried it on a couple of pics I posted tonight (trophy pics), so I guess great minds think alike. Well, that's what I'm going with. Looks great on your shot!!

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  11. I am a Pioneer Woman Addict. You did a great job with the color

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  12. I like pping that brings out, gently, the best in a photo. Nice edit.

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  13. The pp'ing works really well, I'll have to check out the website you linked. Such pretty color, great shot!

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  14. Very pretty! I love Pioneer Woman too. I started out reading about her life and now I'm thrilled to be getting these cool Photoshop tricks too. I'm waiting for her to make her actions for Elements now!

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  15. Pretty flowers, you did a good job on the edit.

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  16. These are so very pretty!!!

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  17. The yellow here is lovely.

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