Coming up on the end of a long day in the Magic Kingdom, I knew Wishes was about to begin. With me was a tiny lightweight tripod with bendable legs designed for holding small point and shoot cameras. The attempt to wrap its short bubbled legs around a metal fence didn’t hold.
As I was alone, I was able to find a spot on the ground a few rows deep. Standing a whopping 8 or 9 inches off the ground and bending sideways as to grab vertical shots and not tip over, my Nikon Coolpix 7600 was ready to try its best.
Sadly, it wasn’t stable and the photos all came out blurry. No surprise and not a disappointment as I figured this would happen.
Sometimes with a bit of creativity, photo editing software, and a fib, one can take advantage of the not-so-great results.
The original shot includes the back of a Guest who sat in front of me. Additional distractions are portions of the stage and arches used for a show.
First, I cropped out the girl and the stage followed by sharpening. Then I increased the density of red, magenta, yellow, and blue. Next, posterization at a very low level was implemented. With the paint bucket, I turned the 2nd outer band of reds and magentas into a dark purple. Lastly, I brightened the highlights, darkened the shadows, and ever so slightly deepened the midtones. All of these tools are in Adobe Photoshop CS3.
My final result.
Oh yeah, I meant to do that. :wink, wink:
What do you think?
Next week Barrie, Scott, and I will be posting more images that were changed by creative post-processing.
Come join me and Jack Spence on Saturday, September 3rd for a meet-and-greet before taking on Dinosaur at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. We’ll be there at 10:30am.
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Love the idea!!! For a bad photographer as I am, it’s a great idea to save the photos of Wishes and Illuminations from my last trip. 🙁