For this week’s After-Before Friday challenge, I decided to go small in terms of both my subject and the amount of post-processing I wanted to do. While at my sister’s house taking senior pictures for a great high school senior (pictures to come later), I came across this sweet little pine cone and couldn’t resist taking it’s picture, too.
When I opened it in PhotoShop, I made a few small adjustments in the RAW converter.
These changes produced this image.
I really liked how it was looking, but the pine cone seemed a bit lost in the image, so I decided to crop it close and square.
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Simple processing to create a great picture, just what I like. A very brave crop, something I rarely do myself.
Thanks, Ben.
Cropped beautifully, and the warm tones are lovely. Nice work!
Thanks, Katie!
I like what you did with the pine cone. I have a picture of a rope swing in autumn and I have tried everything I can think of, including monochrome, but the ropes still get lost in the background. Maybe I will try cropping it very tight and see if that helps. Thanks for the ideas!!
Good luck! I can’t wait to see the results.
Nancy, I LOVE the close crop. It brings out all the great textures. Beautiful bokeh and warm tones as well!
Thanks, Stacy. I had a lot of fun with this one. 🙂
I really like the close up crop, it brings the subject into focus. What a cute little pine cone! 🙂
Thanks!
The power of cropping! As evidenced here, it can be magical. 🙂 Excellent job, simple and stunning.
Thanks!