Week 5: Camera Raw

1. Farm; 10.8.2010; 2:15 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f/8.0; 1/400;
Sony H50; Tripod used

This picture was taken in the rain. So, I had a friend shield the lens of the camera while I took the shot. To edit this photo, I opened it in Camera Raw. In Camera Raw, I first created a highlight using the brush tool over parts of the sky. Then, I added a blue color to the highlighted area. I also increased the contrast, brightness, exposure, saturation, clarity, and sharpness of the highlighted parts. Next, I increased the fill lights, blacks, contrast, clarity, vibrance, and saturation in the basic palette to the whole image. I also wanted the ground to look more yellow instead of brown, so I played with the orange and yellow color sliders in HSL grayscale to bring out the yellow color. I also increased the temperature slider to the yellow side. Then, I changed the tone curve to medium contrast. Finally, I added detail to the sharpening palette and a slight vignette to the image with the fx palette.

Challenge

1. Road; 10.8.2010; 2:12 p.m.; Rexburg, ID; f/8.0; 1/500;
Sony H50; Tripod used

This image was also taken in the rain. After taking the shot, I opened the image in Camera Raw. First, I increased the recovery and the fill shadows. Then, I increased the clarity and vibrancy. Next, I opened the image as a smart object in Photoshop by clicking the text in the bottom middle of the window in Camera Raw. In Photoshop, I copied the layer and added more blue to the picture through the color balance palette. With the color balance palette, I selected midtones and moved the first slider toward the cyan side. Finally, I masked out this effect on everything but the sky.