The Art of Photography

Sometimes when I take a photo I have a vision above and beyond what I see in the lens. Most of my photos have some post-processing, usually just warming up or cooling down a photo, and a little unsharp mask (which gives me control to sharpen the image, though the name says otherwise).

I loved this photo when I composed it and clicked, the focus sharpest on the focal point, Gyp's eyes, AND Kaleb's head poking around was perfect. I felt it was a little cold and bland with the tones of that time of day. I wanted to mimic sunset tones, and warm it up since it is backlit already.

Here is the end result ... I added a bit of cyan to the blacks, and bumped up the yellow values, added some subtle red tones into the greens, the contrast in colours makes it POP. As well as I worked in 3 layers, adding 2 layers of subtle lens flare for more of a dramatic effect. I love how it turned out, so I thought I would share how I did it.

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