Here we are, at the beginning of a new month, which means we are at the beginning of the February One Four Challenge. Hosted by one and only Robyn from Captivate me, this challenge is about processing 1 image in 4 different ways over 4 weeks. Meaning every Monday you get to see something new from our kitchen.
Ever the lazy one, I picked out my February image this Sunday. And I think I picked out a great image to play with. By the week 3, I’ll probably think I was crazy, cause I’ll be out of ideas. Same happens every month, but I manage to pull it off, mostly because of your comments and suggestions.
I took numerous photos of inner-court gates in Milan last year, most of them still waiting in my folder “Milan Gates”. I was planning to show them all, because there are so many amazing iron gates, but changed my mind. Since I hope I’ll go back there this May, I’ll try to take the same images, to see if I learned anything in the last year.
My editing choices were simple, cropped to get the symmetry, straightened it a bit, played with exposure and saturation and added the vignette to draw your eye to the middle of the image. The idea behind this edit was to get a feeling you were looking through the peephole into a secret passageway.
I know this is a simple editing job, but I already have some interesting ideas. Looking forward to what future brings. (Hmmm, I wonder if there is a way to introduce the aliens into this image? 😛 )
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As always, if you want to see other participant’s edits,just type in your Reader “onefourchallenge” tag and visit Robyn’s blog Captivate Me.
The simple crop and straighten job really makes this shot look lovely and eye catching.
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Thank you, much appreciated.
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You’re welcome.
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The colours and straightening the image have made a big improvement.Not a fan of the vignette but that is just personal taste.
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Thank you, Ben. Our old clash of tastes at work again. 🙂 Sometimes the call of the dark side is just too strong to resist.
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Your crop and color choices are very lovely. What a beautiful gate. I have no doubt you will work your way through this month rather easily with this image, it is lovely and has lots of options.
The vignette does draw your eye to the center of the image, I think the gate has a similar effect. I am sure you will play with different viewpoints as you go through your process, looking forward to it.
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Thank you, Carrie. I hope to produce 4 different images, that is always my goal. I am happy you like my choice for this month.
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That is my goal too, always interesting to see how it works out. I always enjoy seeing your process 🙂
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Such a wonderful subject – makes me smile. I like what you tried this month with the saturation and directing our eyes. This should be a fun one and I see some bicycles behind that gate..
I Love your comment about the dark side… Ba ha ha 😜
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Glad you like it, I fell in love with all the gates. As for the dark side, sometimes I am channelling Dart Vader. 🙂
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Nah, youre funny – youre Han! 😜
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I don’t think I ever received a better compliment, thank you!
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Bah ha ha.. YW 😃
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I like what you’ve done, Loré. You have given the courtyard a warmer tone. The gate is stunning, so intricate!
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I am happy you liked it, hope I deliver something interesting next week.
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I very much like the straightened image. It’s an unusual image that works with the subject centered in the image. I’m looking forward to seeing what you do with it next.
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Thank you, Joanne. I hope next one will be interesting.
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I like how you straightened it and deepened the colour adding a vignette. A beautiful gate.
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I was impressed how many beautiful gates I found in Milan. Funny how people say good job on straightening the image, when you should say – Girl, what were you thinking? Can’t you shoot straight? 😛 Thank you, Cybele.
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Lore it is a lovely image and you did a great job on the process. Im a fan of a good vignette and it works very well here. It made me notice how the pattern in the foreground gates is matched in the paler gate further behind it 🙂
I only chose my image on Sun night too 🙂
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Oh, good to know I am not the only one late on the scene. 🙂 Thank you, I noticed that from the start and wanted to accentuate the continuity.
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Nice fosused crop, zeroing in on the strongest point!
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Glad you liked it, thank you!
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Nice edit! It does draw your eye to the center just as you hoped and I think the straightening helped you as well. That is a beautiful gate, I look forward to witnessing what you do with this in the weeks to come.
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Thank you, glad you liked it!
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🙂
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