Abandoned America

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~beth

Photostory: Just a Little Island

Note: All images were scaled and switched to 313ppi

Zakimi Castle Ruins: color balanced, canvas filter, dodge/burn

Maeda 1: burned all midtones and shadows, dodged midtones in spots, added watermark, framed*

Maeda 2: selected border of 0.2" with feathering, used paint bucket to fill with wood pattern

Wanderer: burned shadows and midtones, used lasso to turn person into own layer than desaturated, reordered layers, added watermark, framed*

Maeda 3: dodged and burned, watermark, framed*

Fisherman: burned midtones and shadows in water, made fishing pole own layer to burn it, added watermark and framed*

All other images were burned, had a watermark added, and were framed.

*Framing was done by increasing the canvas size, centering the image, filling new layer using paint tool, and moving new layer to background.

All photographs were edited, however I wanted to stay away from major alterations in order to preserve the true feel of the island. My original story board included images from multiple places around the world, however I didn't like the way it flowed. Because of that, I decided to stick with own place.

All Images ©Elisabeth Grace Wilhjelm. All Rights reserved

~beth

Week 10

This first image I used the cloning, airbrush, and healing tools. I used the cloning and healing tools to eliminate the red eye. I then used all three to turn the background to solid black. After all of that, I used the text tool to add a copyright directly in the image in the lower right. After adding the text where and how I wanted it, I merged the layers into one.

The second image I used the airbrush tool to match the color of the grass and fill in the overexposed area. After I had filled it in with the airbrush, I went over spots with the clone tool to make it more realistic. I followed the same process as with the first one to add the copyright in the lower right hand corner.

For both of these images I purposely matched the copyright color to a color from the image and made it small. This was to disrupt the image the smallest amount possible while still embedding a fairly permanent copyright onto the image.

~beth