Roundhay Bandstand

Original Image(s):

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About This Image:

This picture was taken mid afternoon and in much brighter conditions than it looks. I thought the image of path leading you into an empty bandstand in a empty park had quite a melancholic feel and I wanted to further enhance this by lower the tones to give an impression of dusk.

What I Did To Original:

The first thing I did to theis image was to add a new layer over the original image and then use the gradient tool to add a black to transparent fade from top to bottom, I then used the layer Blending Options to make the layer opaque so the the cloubs were visible through the gradient, this gave the impression of night falling. Secondly I selected the first few inches of the foreground and then feather my selection so that an adjustments faded into the image. Once I had my selected area I used an Adjustment Layer - Curves to darken the foreground which further lead you up into the image, simple but (I think) effective.

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