(Please, ignore the fact that my Before photo isn't really in focus. It was getting dark. Thanks!)After
Sometimes the little things can make a big difference. For example, this leaf. I spied it on a street in Berkeley, one lone yellow leaf among lots of red leaves. Reflexively, I took a picture.But my yellow leaf was getting lost among the clutter. So I sat down, on the street (fortunately no one else was really around to wonder why, but if they'd been there, I would probably have done the same thing) and pushed all the red leaves out of the frame. A little extra contrast to darken the background, and a bump up in saturation in Lightroom, and my yellow leaf kind of pops.
So next time you're taking a picture, try to get rid of the clutter. Either frame so you can't see it, or actually get in there and move it out of the way. I promise, it makes a world of difference.
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At first I thought this was a post about how to remove clutter using LightRoom then I read it fully and realized you physically removed the clutter -- brilliant idea :). I looked briefly through some of your other daily photos and they're quite good. Thanks for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Just A Guy! Much easier to remove clutter before you take the picture than after, and I'm speaking from experience here.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely not a groundbreaking idea, but sometimes with all our fancy programs we forget about it.