This exercise asks me to take one image that I have already taken for an earlier exercise, an image in which the issue is the visual prominence of a figure in a setting. The ain of this exercise is to use the digital processing methods I have available on my computer to make two new versions of this image. In one make the figure less prominent and in the second do the opposite, by making it stand out more. The actual technique will depend on the processing software available, eg, Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, etc.
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| Original Image |
I've been taking pictures for Assignment 4, an upmarket travel brochure of a place I know, and have produced this image. It's fine for the cottages but the lady walking up the hill is rather dark. I need to lighten her but not the surrounding area.
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| Using the Levels feature (screen shot) |
Here you can see how I have used the quick mask to carefully select just her so I can use Levels to lighten her and not the background.
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| Completed picture |
This last image shows how I have made the woman lighter but not adjusted her surrounding area. This shows her in more detail but doesn't lose the background details. I tried to be subtle and not overdo the lightening as she could look rather strange as she is in shadow. I find, when using Levels, you need to be careful to not overdo the adjustments.
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