A Study In Green

The girl loves my camera almost as much as I do and was in the garden, shooting weeds.

I think she’s quite the photographer. I find however, that even good photographers can use a little help. I don’t know how to use my camera very well. So when I take a picture, I fiddle with it a little bit in Photoshop to see if I can make it better.

There’s a fine line in Photoshop. You can cross that line and take something  good and produce something that looks like it crossed the line. But then on the other hand…it can be fantastic.

Here’s what we started out with.

It was nice, I knew the look the girl was going for.

but the difference side by side is really amazing.

Along with boosting the color, sharpening the image, I added a sparkly texture. I liked the sparkles so much that I added it to everything, with mixed results.

Here’s my niece getting attacked by sparkly dishwater bubbles.

But Photoshop applied correctly, I believe, in my dreams, I can be an artist.

Photoshop can turn weeds into works of art.

In spite of how powerful Photoshop can be…it starts with a good eye for composition. I do believe the girl is a budding genius.