Mandarin Orange Monday 51

The Walk to Shelley Beach – Rock Watching…mostly

As you walk along  the pathway to Shelley Beach there is such a beautiful view of the coastline of the northern beaches. There are the surfers, the walkers – people from all over the world, children on scooters and even the occasional reptile. It is hard to decide where to look. I often look down at the rocks, just below the pathway. One day I might even clamber down to get some closeup shots. I have included a couple of shots that aren’t rocks .

One is  a yacht  that was moored in the bay but was rocking violently in the heavy swell – perhaps the people on board were divers. I was wondering how they could stay on it for days on end without getting seasick.The other is a  view through the old wooden fence that separates the path from the rocks below. But mostly you will see rocks….which gradually change colour!

The first series is almost straight from the camera – with a little sharpening and adjustments of curves and levels in Photoshop.

The next three images were processed using Photoshop –
Selective Colour and Saturation changes . 

Photoshop Photo Colour Filter. Photoshop Magic Wand to select sea area and Fill. Fill faded – Vivid Light. Photoshop Filter Gallery – Poster Edges.

I used Nik Color Efex Filter as well as Photoshop 

adjustments in the next four images.

Linking to NF Inspiring Photography/Catching the Light

Mostly Topaz and Photoshop Adjustments

As well as Topaz I used PS Filter Gallery – Poster Edges – and Nik Color Efex – Sunshine in this one

The Finale 🙂

The Original Photo

Saturation-decreased all colours except red and magenta. Selective Colour – Red, increased yellow and magenta saturation Yellow, increased yellow and magenta saturation and decreased cyan. Hue/Saturatioon – Increased yellow and red. PS Warming Photo Filter PS High Pass Filter – 40% overlay. Duplicate layer – PS Filter Gallery – Accented Edges. Flatten Layers.

As Above. Crop Square section. Selective Colour  – Whites to Cyan PS adjustments – curves etc.

As Above. Duplicate layer.  P S Filter Gallery – Accented Edges, 20% transparency Flatten. Equalise. Fade Equalise 40%.

As Above. Nik Color Efex – Polaroid Transfer.

Linking to NF Abstract on Wednesday

As Above. This image combined with the one above as layers. Layers rotated. 60% Colour Dodge. Selective Colour – Increase Yellow in Cyan. Increase Vibrance.

I hope I got all that right. My notes are sometimes – always – hard to follow. My handwriting is terrible and…… who knows why….. But generally, I tried to limit some to Photoshop only, others just to Topaz and others Nik Colour Efex.

You may have noticed I even managed to post two times this week – in addition to Mandarin Orange Monday. Maybe I can keep it up….maybe not…we’ll see. Time is a problem ( other stuff gets neglected !) but it does mean that I have been creating a lot more art! That surely cannot be a bad thing.

Thank you all for your supportive and encouraging comments last week. Thank you also for sharing your art – in its many forms.

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