I’m still trying to make up my mind whether to keep doing this challenge. Joanne and I have talked about it, and we are both wondering if we should continue. I think she would like to see more people joining in and doing the challenge with us. For me, I think it would be good to see a lot more engagement with the posts. We have decided to give it another month or two and then decide.
Before we get started, for those of you who are interested in what the One Four Challenge is, you can find out by going to this link for more information. Joanne has decided to take this month off.
So for this month, I have chosen an image from Stanley in Tasmania. Stanley is well known for a rock formation that has been called the Nut. It stands almost like a sentry protecting the town below.
This is the image as it was taken.
It wasn’t quite the image I was hoping for, so it got me thinking. A friend of mine had got a shot in a similar position, but the sky was amazing, and I wanted to know if I could do something similar. So I started playing.
I knew that the biggest problem would be the orientation of the image and where the horizon was. If I replace the sky, there isn’t a lot of room there for another sky, so I had to work out what to do. I decided to make the image into a vertical orientation, and then I would have a lot more room for the new clouds.
You can see what I did. I didn’t want to lose the rocks at the bottom, so this seemed like the best option.
This month, I’m concentrating on that sky and what I can do with it. Once I had the mask for the old sky, I used it for all the images. The next 3 weeks I have used a different sky, but use it for the next three. Showing different ways of using it.
Changing the sky in an image can really change the look of what it is that you photographed, and it is an easy thing to do if you have access to masking or a tool that will select the sky for you. It is amazing how much of a difference to the overall image and the mood is can make.
Please note the header images for this month will always be a cropped version of the main image.
Here is the gallery that I will add to each week.
I really like this approach, Leanne. The vertical view and new clouds bring the Nut to life. I enjoy this challenge and hope you continue as I learn a lot about image processing.😉📷
Thank you Donna, It seemed like an interesting idea and I’m glad you like it. Good to hear you like the challenge, I think we will have to see.
Your work is always stellar. What a difference the sky makes. Clever to switch the orientation too. Sorry no one else is joining in the challenge. Frankly I believe I lack the skill to do so.
Thank you Ruth, that is nice to hear. I think that I don’t mind people doing it with me, but I think it has been the lack of engagement, I know Joanne feels that way. I am going to try something next month that people might be able to follow along with, I hope.
Also, you didn’t delete the comment, so I will delete the second one you left.
I’m afraid I don’t do the challenge but I do enjoy seeing your variations. I’ll be sad if you let it go.
I don’t mind others not doing it, but I think I’m looking for engagement with the post, it is hard doing a challenge that no one really looks at, so I will see how it goes. Next month I’m hoping to do something that others might do as well. We will see. Thanks IJ.
I like the vertical and the clouds are great!!
Thank you Nora.
Thank you for the clarification as I thought this an undertaking of a personal journey of exploring editing variations.
No Brenda, it is meant to be a challenge and we always hoped that other people would do it, sadly no one else is, as this month only I am, so I don’t know what will happen in the future.
Very Nice!
Thank you Ziggy.
Nice moment in time.
Thank you Frank.
Each one has its own distinct beauty. Dramatic. Solitary. One needs to graze, slowly. Zoom. Photographs are like Mandelbrot sets, infinite. And yet finite. Time stopped at the timeless.
Thank you so much.
Wow, Leanne. It looks like the cloud is exploding from the Nut! Did you crop the sky to create that effect?
Thank you Anne, I added the cloud, but I did change the image from the vertical to horizontal. I had to stretch the cloud.I hope that makes sense.