John is our host for the challenge Before and After. His challenge is to “feature three or four images in your gallery that you tweaked for whatever reason as well as the original image straight out of the camera.” I almost always crop my images and sometimes do other minor editing. I experimented with a few different edits for this challenge. All of my editing is done using Adobe Photoshop Elements.
My header image is the final edited version of a favorite image from our 2013 RV trip to Alaska. We camped in a waterfront campground in Haines, Alaska for about a week. The following image is the original photo I took one rainy night from our campsite.
To achieve the after image in the header I first cropped the photo to focus on the three ships with the mountains in the background. I then adjusted the blue hue/saturation levels. I finished it off by adjusting the levels of black and white.
The following image is the original closeup of lemon blossoms.
I started out by cropping the photo to a square so the blossoms would be the focus of the image. Next, I added a white vignette effect to soften the floral image. The final image after all edits is shown below.
The next two images are of Dogwood blossoms. The first image is the original.
I began by cropping to select the blossoms in the center of the photo. I wanted to create an artistic image so I added the Colored Pencil filter and tweaked the settings to get the look I wanted in the following finished edit.
Many thanks to our host John for the challenge Lens-Artists #294 – Before and After
Wandering Dawgs 
How fun!
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Thank you! I had fun playing with a lot of different editing techniques.
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Great examples, Beth! I really like your edit of the lemon blossoms. I could see that image framed and hanging on a wall.
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Thanks John! I had a lot of fun with these. I had a few epic fails while trying some of the edits but I learned a lot! Thanks for the challenge!
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Great examples. The Alaska photo was powerful. What an experience to be at a campground with that view, and for a week. What a memorable trip. I also loved how you played with the Colored Pencil filter. John said some wall art. I envision it as note cards too. Very nice.
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Donna, thank you so much! I’m glad you like the flowers with the Colored Pencil filter. Thanks for the idea of note cards. The Alaska RV trip 11 years ago was the trip of a lifetime. That was our favorite campground during our almost two months in Alaska.
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No doubt! It would have been hard to leave. A trip of a lifetime indeed.
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Loved your artistic interpretation of the flower in the final image Beth. Also thought your edits on the opener made a nice difference although I liked the original also.
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Tina, I had some fun creating the image of the artistic flowers. I always liked the original photo of those ships in the rain, too. I’m glad you liked both versions.
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Great edits, Beth. Your final creation with the Dogwood flowers was very artistic and beautiful.
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Thanks so much! I’m glad you like the artistic
Dogwood flowers.
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Beautiful and inspiring to the rest of us amateurs.
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Thanks Judy! I tried a few new techniques on these edits. I’m glad you like the results.
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