The sun was shining yesterday so I headed down to Port Melbourne with a couple of friends, so that we could take some photos of the old pier. I've mentioned before that I'm not a photographer by any stretch of the imagination and I don't own a fancy camera or filters etc... but with a quick lesson from my friend, I managed to capture this shot.
I'm pretty chuffed with the outcome. Prior to yesterday I've always shot photos on auto and maybe tweak some of the settings. However yesterday, I learnt about aperture, iso etc... I still don't really know what it all means though.
I decided to see what I could do with this image in Photoshop. For the first image, I used cooler tones to give it a crisp feel. I think my lips were the same colour, it was freeking cold! I also removed all the background buildings to give it a clean horizon. Reminds me of an army all lined up ready for battle and waiting for the enemy to appear -- the calm before the storm.
The next image I decided on slightly warmer tones (by adding purple) but using darker hues. I also replaced the whole sky with an imported image of a starry sky and hills. Not sure if the moon needs to be in the picture, but I added it anyway, because I just cannot help myself.
I was getting sick of working on the same image so I decided that this would be the final image. I used the posterize filter, so it kind of looks like a painting with pencil outline. I think this image has a vintage feel to it, kind of like a painting you'd find in a Salvation Army store for 3 bucks.
It was a fun outing, but got really cold after sunset. I'm really looking for to more photography adventures utilising my newfound skills :)
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