Computer Experiments - Shoot 1

This effect was created in photoshop and it is called wave, I think it looks really interesting and I like how the background looks especially, it is similar to liquify although I have no control over where it covers. To create this effect I had to upload the photograph to photoshop, I then had to create a background copy. Then I clicked filter at the top and then distort and then the wave feature. Once I clicked that I was able to chose how wavy I wanted the photograph and decided that this was enough. 

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This photograph is showing selective colour, I think this is a really nice effect if you want someone to focus on a particular thing, I really like this effect because I think that it looks really good and I would use this effect again because it can sometimes be better than a shallow depth of focus, or on photographs where there is a wide depth of field and the whole photo is in focus.

To create this effect I first uploaded the photograph to Photoshop, then I created a second layer so that it was easy to delete a mistake if I made any, then I used the quick select tool to choose all of the flowers visible in the photograph and then went to select at the top and chose inverse. Once I had done this I then went to the adjustments panel at the side and chose black and white.

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This photograph was edited on photoshop, I have used the filter crystallize, it doesn't look vey good in my opinion, it looks as though I have enlarged a thumbnail of the photo. 

To create this effect I created a background copy and then I clicked filter at the top of the photo. Then I changed the cell size to 28 because when its very small you don't notice much difference at all. 

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This photograph is an example of duo colour, meaning it only shows two colours, the photographs I have used in this edit are red and gold. I created this effect by using the colour balance feature on photoshop, to do this I first created a second layer, I then clicked on the colour balance button on the side and I turned it +100 to the red and -37 to the magenta. I quite like the effect that has come of this because it has created an almost sepia type filter on the photo.

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Computer Experiments - Shoot 2

I created this photograph by using the filter 'Liquify', I think that this photograph is very eye-catching because of this. The bright purple against the green is beautiful, but also when it is is sort of mixed together like that it looks even better. Originally the photograph had a very shallow depth of field, which is why I felt comfortable enough to blur the bluebells in the background as well. 

To create this effect I made a background copy, so that I didn't have to re-upload the photograph if anything went wrong or I didn't like how it turned out. Then I clicked on filter at the top and then 'Liquify', once clicked it brings you too another screen to do the work and I chose a small brush size of about 90, then I liquified it, I think that this photograph turned out really well and I would definitely use this filter again.

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I used the filter 'Twirl…' to create this effect, I think it looks quite good like this although it's not as practical as liquify is, I don't think it works quite as well. I thought that this photo looked absolutely beautiful and I really wanted to do something to the photograph to improve it and I think that this edit has definitely given it more life, it looks like it is curving itself round to meet someone. 

I created this effect by adding a second layer and then clicking filter at the top, I then chose Twirl and decided how far I wanted it to twirl round, this is how it has turned out.

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This is my blossom photograph, however I have increased the saturation for this photo. I think that it looks very good, except for the sky, in my opinion, the sky in this photograph doesn't look very good, it is too bright and blocky because there aren't any clouds. The flowers in this photograph are beautiful when they are saturated. I think that they may have looked quite boring before because the colours were so dull.

To create this effect I clicked the hue/saturation button on the adjustments page, I then chose how saturated I wanted it to be, because it was already quite bright I didn't saturate it too much. I dragged the slider up to 50.

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