The Wonders of Photoshop
We took a trip to Mead Open Farm at the weekend with the girls. The Weather was the usual late winter fare - Cold, dry with dull grey skies.
Hardly ideal photo weather - But as usual I had the Canon G11 with me just in-case.
I really liked the leading lines the rope bridge made on this climbing frame - But the lifeless grey/white is hardly ideal - Still, I grabbed the shot, and decided to ‘have a play’ later:
First things first - That sky just wouldn’t do, so I went through my archives to find one more suitable:
…and took both files into Photoshop.
I layered the sky over the original image (just to make sure it roughly lined up), then took both layers into the awesome Maskpro
It was then a simple task to mask out all the grey/white and reveal my lovely sky behind it showing through.
Some final tweeks in Phototools ,specifically to boost the contrast on the ropes (to give a bit of an HDR feel), and finally bringing the attention back to the bridge and Caitlin with a subtle use of FocalPoint.
The finished product?
