Edited Photographs

These images are the edited versions of the originals below. Instantly the photographs look miles better as the highlights and shadows have been emphasized hugely. The one on the left is the one I have choose to use for my book cover as I think the composition will work better than the image on the right. I might have to do a second edit as the photograph at the moment looks too happy and bright. I will darken the image and maybe dull out some of the colours.

I darkened this image on Photoshop because the original photograph looked far too bright and had a happy feel to it. I am trying to create a dramatic atmosphere therefore it wouldn’t have worked. Because I still wanted colour in the image I didn’t put it into monochrome so i lowered the saturation. This made the colours appear less vibrant which will now fit in with the mood I am trying to create. I also brought down the brightness level which made the sky in the background appear duller taking the attention away from this area.