My full and kooky life as a homeschooling mommy to 2 great kids, raising a child with HLHS (Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome), coping with depression, following Jesus, and being much too camera happy.
Welcome to my blog! My name is Esther and I’m so happy you are here. I’m an avid nature photographer and a daydreaming thinker. My posts revolve around photos of nature’s beauty, homeschooling adventures with my 2 kids, sporadic reflections on my child’s heart condition, Bible reading reflections, gardening feats, and other mish mash things. Hopefully you’ll leave encouraged, pensive, or smiling at the simple things of life. Thank you for stopping by and hope you’ll find some interesting posts to read!
Original. Picture taken in 2017.Edited: cropped, the black stripe on the right side of the picture is removed, and the hue is changed to deepen the outline of the kids’ silhouettes.
Nice one Esther… another suggestion you might find useful. Play with the white balance, moving it to a little toward yellow and less blue for a more realistic colour in the water.
Thank you for the suggestion! I went back and adjusted the lightness slider to the white one to +14 and it does look less vivid blue and more natural.
Do you work with Photoshop often?
I work with Lightroom mostly, but my subscription also includes Photoshop which I use for certain bits of editing. For the standard editing you are doing, Lightroom is all you need.
hahaha, you are too generous with your compliment! Thank you for encouraging me to keep going. Just as I’m plugging away with Photoshop, I know you’re working hard on your French learning too!
Yes, we are working our brain cells overtime these days. French is kicking my butt with the grammar and all the words and verb conjugations we’re learning.
Thank you so much! I decided to learn some Photoshop this year so I can get familiar with the program and see what I can do with it. It’s a hobby that is going very slow. lol
25 responses to “Photoshop edit: Aquarium shadow of kids”
Excellent Edit photo Aquarium shadow of kids. Perfect & good editing the photo. I like.
Thank you, Raj!
Welcome!
Nice one Esther… another suggestion you might find useful. Play with the white balance, moving it to a little toward yellow and less blue for a more realistic colour in the water.
Thank you for the suggestion! I went back and adjusted the lightness slider to the white one to +14 and it does look less vivid blue and more natural.
Do you work with Photoshop often?
I work with Lightroom mostly, but my subscription also includes Photoshop which I use for certain bits of editing. For the standard editing you are doing, Lightroom is all you need.
Very cool!
Thank you, Liz!
You’re welcome, Esther.
Very nice – you are becoming a whiz at Photoshop Esther!
hahaha, you are too generous with your compliment! Thank you for encouraging me to keep going. Just as I’m plugging away with Photoshop, I know you’re working hard on your French learning too!
Yes, we are working our brain cells overtime these days. French is kicking my butt with the grammar and all the words and verb conjugations we’re learning.
Love it! Thanks for sharing your editing process!
Thank you so much! I’m learning little by little.
I love it when we are able to learn new things from each other. I looked at your before & after photos … it will help in my own process as well.
Is this Scripps or Monterey?
Monterey
Only been to Scripps once and it was wonderful. We went there specifically to see the Little Blue Penguins!
Great job on the editing. An improved photo that still looks natural. I don’t think I would have known it was editing if you hadn’t told us. 😊
I have never used photoshop. Your picture looks great!
Thank you so much! I decided to learn some Photoshop this year so I can get familiar with the program and see what I can do with it. It’s a hobby that is going very slow. lol
Such a beautiful edit—really brings out the magic of that moment! 🐟💙
Thank you so much! Your comment made me smile.
Beautifully done!
Thank you so much! Learning it little by little.