January #One Four Challenge – Week 1

And I am back…

Oh, sweet holidays…It was nice while it lasted. But now it’s time to get back to the blogging world. New year, new month, new week..new One Four Challenge.

Somehow I managed to post only Christmas related photos throughout last month, but I must confess I am glad it’s over. Interesting how I am all in the holiday spirits at the beginning of December, but once January comes, I want it all gone.

For this month’s challenge I picked an image of some wild clover leaves I took in October. It was a warm and sunny day, filled with beautiful colors. I hoped it would lift my spirits to work on it.

For my first week I made very small adjustments. The image was edited using PicMonkey and I wanted to do some subtle changes, just to enhance the colors and the shadows. I applied Orton effect to get the dreamy quality and adjusted brightness and saturation.

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Honestly, I have no idea where it will lead me next week. But I guess that is the real challenge.

The One Four Challenge is hosted by Robyn from Captivate Me, if you are interested in more information or want to join us, you can find it all there. If you’d like to see other participant’s work, just search for the tag “one four challenge” in your Reader.

P.S.
Are there any volunteers to help me remove all the Christmas decorations? I wish I could just make them go away with my magic wand. But they forbade me to use it after the last incident. 😮

25 thoughts on “January #One Four Challenge – Week 1”

Carrie says:

I love sweet clovers like these. The sun is lighting them beautifully. I always enjoy your edits each week, you push a photograph in interesting directions, for me. Happy New Year! Hope the cleaning up of the holidays is swift and painless 🙂

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January 5, 2015 at 21:48
- Snow's Fissures and Fractures says:
  
  Thank you for your kind wishes, I wish you all the best, too. I am glad you enjoy my edits, that motivates me to push forward. And the cleaning is half done…no magic wands came to my rescue.
  
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  January 6, 2015 at 21:55
lensaddiction says:

Lovely shot and you are right down at ground level to get that intimate view. Your colour treatment is a great improvement on the original.

Im wondering what difference it would make if you cropped off that blurred foreground bit, there is a clear bit of ground to crop into there? And maybe even the really dark bit off the left?

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January 5, 2015 at 22:19
- Snow's Fissures and Fractures says:
  
  Thank you for the input, you helped me with my next week’s edit. I’ll try your suggestions, as you probably notices I like to flip my images on their head. 😀
  
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  January 6, 2015 at 21:56
  - lensaddiction says:
    
    Look forward to seeing what you come up with!
    
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    January 6, 2015 at 22:59
Robyn G says:

I really enjoy the images you choose for our challenge Loré and I like the changes you have made already – there is certainly plenty of room for editing within this image.
I love clover – the leaves and flowers in all their stages are beautiful.
A magic wand would be an ideal addition to Christmas ;D What DID you do with it last time?

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January 6, 2015 at 00:16
- Snow's Fissures and Fractures says:
  
  I am happy to hear you like my choices. I like them all the first week, but by the week 3, I always think: Next month I’ll choose better. 😛
  As for the wand…how was I suppoosed to know it would make a hole in my ceiling, landing my old neighbour in the middle of my living room?
  
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  January 6, 2015 at 21:59
  - Robyn G says:
    
    I wonder if we all think that by week 3? 😜
    The wand – bah ha ha!!!
    
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    January 6, 2015 at 23:23
the dune mouse says:

any four leaf clovers there Lore!! It’s a lovely composition and effect!!

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January 6, 2015 at 07:49
- Snow's Fissures and Fractures says:
  
  Thank you, Cybele. I was lying on the ground, trying to take the picture and fending off my dog who desperately wanted to photobomb any image, so no time for counting leaves. 😀
  
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  January 6, 2015 at 22:00
  - Robyn G says:
    
    bah ha ha… my girl (dog) comes and sits right on me and leans in.
    Very helpful!! 😉
    
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    January 8, 2015 at 00:20
  - Snow's Fissures and Fractures says:
    
    Little rascals. 😀
    
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    January 8, 2015 at 00:33
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    😃🐶
    
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    January 8, 2015 at 03:54
Ben Rowe Aperturef64 says:

I really like the picture, but I think you have given yourself a challenge on how you can adapt the picture over four weeks.

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January 6, 2015 at 13:46
- Snow's Fissures and Fractures says:
  
  I agree with you. It seems I alway try to make things even harder for me. Glad you like the picture. 🙂
  
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  January 6, 2015 at 22:01
svtakeiteasy says:

Like the clover at ground level Looking for the one with 4 lobes to make a wish! You’ve brightened the image and brought out a bit of detail in the leaves. Nice!

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January 7, 2015 at 07:09
- Snow's Fissures and Fractures says:
  
  Thank you! Did you spot any?
  
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  January 7, 2015 at 14:19
  - svtakeiteasy says:
    
    No I didn’t😞 may be that could be an editing idea!
    
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    January 7, 2015 at 20:28
turtlemoonimpressions says:

And the challenge has begun! Love the beginning. looking forward to more!

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January 7, 2015 at 11:34
- Snow's Fissures and Fractures says:
  
  Thank you, I hope I find my way to the next week.
  
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  January 7, 2015 at 14:19
coolquilting says:

Lovely photo…looking forward to your additional edits

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January 9, 2015 at 19:10
- Snow's Fissures and Fractures says:
  
  Thank you, hope you’ll like it.
  
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  January 11, 2015 at 23:26
eLPy says:

This is a nice production. I like how your treatment of it, for me at least, emphasizes that they’re growing still, that they’re young and stretching. Vibrant green is always a beautiful color and you did well to enhance the shadows. 😀

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January 11, 2015 at 09:22
- Snow's Fissures and Fractures says:
  
  It’s nice to see how sometimes you can improve the image with minimum of effort. I’ll go for something more drastic for the next wee. Thank you very much.
  
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  January 11, 2015 at 23:36
  - eLPy says:
    
    I agree with you there, sometimes a little goes a REALLY long way.
    
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    January 15, 2015 at 02:01

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January #One Four Challenge – Week 1

And I am back…

Oh, sweet holidays…It was nice while it lasted. But now it’s time to get back to the blogging world. New year, new month, new week..new One Four Challenge.

Somehow I managed to post only Christmas related photos throughout last month, but I must confess I am glad it’s over. Interesting how I am all in the holiday spirits at the beginning of December, but once January comes, I want it all gone.

For this month’s challenge I picked an image of some wild clover leaves I took in October. It was a warm and sunny day, filled with beautiful colors. I hoped it would lift my spirits to work on it.

For my first week I made very small adjustments. The image was edited using PicMonkey and I wanted to do some subtle changes, just to enhance the colors and the shadows. I applied Orton effect to get the dreamy quality and adjusted brightness and saturation.

Honestly, I have no idea where it will lead me next week. But I guess that is the real challenge.

The One Four Challenge is hosted by Robyn from Captivate Me, if you are interested in more information or want to join us, you can find it all there. If you’d like to see other participant’s work, just search for the tag “one four challenge” in your Reader.

P.S.
Are there any volunteers to help me remove all the Christmas decorations? I wish I could just make them go away with my magic wand. But they forbade me to use it after the last incident. 😮

25 thoughts on “January #One Four Challenge – Week 1”

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And I am back…

Oh, sweet holidays…It was nice while it lasted. But now it’s time to get back to the blogging world. New year, new month, new week..new One Four Challenge.

Somehow I managed to post only Christmas related photos throughout last month, but I must confess I am glad it’s over. Interesting how I am all in the holiday spirits at the beginning of December, but once January comes, I want it all gone.

For this month’s challenge I picked an image of some wild clover leaves I took in October. It was a warm and sunny day, filled with beautiful colors. I hoped it would lift my spirits to work on it.

For my first week I made very small adjustments. The image was edited using PicMonkey and I wanted to do some subtle changes, just to enhance the colors and the shadows. I applied Orton effect to get the dreamy quality and adjusted brightness and saturation.

Honestly, I have no idea where it will lead me next week. But I guess that is the real challenge.

The One Four Challenge is hosted by Robyn from Captivate Me, if you are interested in more information or want to join us, you can find it all there. If you’d like to see other participant’s work, just search for the tag “one four challenge” in your Reader.

P.S. Are there any volunteers to help me remove all the Christmas decorations? I wish I could just make them go away with my magic wand. But they forbade me to use it after the last incident. 😮

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P.S.
Are there any volunteers to help me remove all the Christmas decorations? I wish I could just make them go away with my magic wand. But they forbade me to use it after the last incident. 😮