Flags in the Wind {Editing process- tutorial}

Astound me with love

A part of nature in me

Being my strong wind

 

Be My Strong Wind by Patrice Brown

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These flags in the wind caught my eyes the other day,
as I walked to this kindergarten  that belongs to my district at work.

 

The sunlight  and the wind changed these flags to a vivid, living mosaic,

as the leaves in the trees were casting shadows on them.

 

I grabbed my iPhone and took a snapshot ...

 

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I admire the beautifully edited photos on the blogs I regularly visit, being curious about the textures used to enchange the pictures.
Inspired by this curiosity of mine I decided to share here my proces of editing the flags in the wind-photo.

My editing process:

• I started with cropping the photo, removing the roof from the lower right corner, yet maintainin the square form of the photo.
• I adjusted the light, contrast, higlight and shadows in PicMonkey (a free photo editing program), and added the textures of Kim Klassen and French Kiss Textures with the same program. Using Multiple Blend Mode, and fading the visibility of the textures down 80-90 %, adding just a soft touch of the textures.
• I brushed the textures from the flags with a brush strenght 80 %, making the flags stand out, yet with a slight feeling of the textures.
• Thereafter I added the brush from FrenchKiss using the Overlay-function in PicMonkey. I changed the color of the script to a soft Bbown color, and made it less visible with the fade function.
• In the end I added just an inch of soft light using Pixrl Express, by choosing Jessica from the Soft Effect (just about 5 % to give the photo a warm glow).

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We're having Fall Break this week -

I'm enjoying these cozy days with the family,

walks in the nature, and just being ...

 

Sunshine to your week,

 

Nina

Sharing with

Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday

Nancy Clayes' Tuesday Muse
Kent Weakley's Sweet Shot Tuesday