Picture 349

So….how's life.
I'm feeling much better!
Even better than last week!
I didn't upload the picture yesterday because…
I was having a good day!
I didn’t want to sit in front of the computer.
I did sit in my bed and relaxed for a while.
That was around 9.
Upload my pictures at 9 pm.
However, since I was so busy I didn’t have a blog post done.
So, instead of rushing to finish it….I did nothing.
I just enjoyed my time.
I fell asleep at like…….11!
It was good.
 A good week.
We have a family thing on Monday.
My aunt and I talked…about….things.
We have to wait and see what's going to happen.
My job situation is getting interesting.
But….I can't talk about that!
So many things…that I can't say.
In public….which is what a blog post is.
I don't spell my life out anymore.
Back in the day, I was doing daily Facebook updates.
I would say something random or talk about my day.
But I have since stopped.
I don't know why.
Now the only thing I post is when my picture changes.
And that happens automatically!
I'm a hush hush guy.
I'm careful with what I put out…sometimes.
You can get fired or in trouble from Facebook posts.
Or….any post.
Plus, I just don't like to share what I'm doing!
People could stalk me…and….get me!
Creepers!
Not the Minecraft ones.
I will say that there are plans to do more contests…maybe…
And going back to the parks to make pictures for….the contests.
This winter is supposed to be warm!
So, we won’t have any snow to worry about.
But! It's all in the planning phase.
I like plans!
I like it when I actually do things and have things all planned out!
Like this series.
It was foggy, so I made some pictures!
I did things.
Then, I did it again the next day and got even more!
That's where this picture comes from!
There are two more after this.
This wasn't the first time I was in fog.
There's be a many times.
I like fog!
It make everything all moody and atmospheric.
Like last week's picture.
The fog sells it!
I didn't make these new ones like that one though.
You know, make them look similar because…the are a series.
I liked the first one way better!
So, I made these ones with a different feel to them.
On all of them, I added more orange.
It's call temperature.
Blue is cold, orange is warm.
And there's a slider in Lightroom that lets me change that.
I haven't used it in a while.
Anyways, the first picture was all moody and dark.
 So for these, I went the opposite!
I turned up the temp to make them warm and delightful!
They do still have that high contrast feel, but the warm colors make it feel…….ok.
It isn't sepia though.
Sepia and allllll orange.
All colors, a shade of orange.
I could have done that too.
It's been a while.
Maybe after this, I'll do a series of the effects that I haven't done in a while!
Anyways, for the rest of this picture, it's just the usually!
Contrast, clarity, saturation.
I turned saturation up instead of down.
That's different from last time.
And I turned highlights up, to make the fog brighter!
Each picture had different levels of the same things.
I didn't use all the same effects and numbers.
But it was close!
Overall, it was easy!
Compare!!!

Hover your mouse (the computer one :-P) over the original picture to see the after editing one.
If you're on a touchscreen device, just tap on the picture. You may have to tap more than once.

If you didn't notice...I did do a bit of Photoshopping.
I took out a branch in the top corner.
I also straightened  the picture with Lightroom.
Here's one not colored with the branch gone, and one colored but not straightened.
You can see the changes better when it's not changing sizes.

AMAZING!!
Just what I wanted!
Let's try the Image Slider.
Here's how it works...
There's a blue bar in the middle of the picture.
That's the slider.
The slider will disappear when you move your mouse off of the image.
I did that so you can really see the split.
But, it'll come back when you hover over it again.
You can CLICK on it and DRAG it around to get our on split image.
Or, you can use these presets.
Before FULL, After FULL, 50/50, Before a QUARTER, or After a QUARTER.

Before

After

AND THAT’S THAT!
There isn't a video this week.
That will come at the end of the series.
It's already done.
It'll have just day two and the pictures being edited.
No little updates at the beginning.
Unless I throw one in there.
Since I'll have two weeks’ worth of extra videos.
Like, me throwing an elephant down the stairs in slo mo.

Many things!
COME BACK NEXT WEEK FORE MORE FOG!!!