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photo finish friday ~ golden hour magic

hi guys.  i’m here with another installment of my photo finish friday.  today i thought i’d walk you through how i edited this shot i took of the fence around swan lake here in tulsa.  i just so happened to be driving by on my way to the gym during the golden hour.  and even more wonderful was that i just so happened to have my camera in my purse. total serendipty!

anyway here is the before shot.

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can we just stop for a minute and talk about how wonderful it is to have a few more minutes of this glorious light every day.   big happy sigh my friends. 

in a nutshell, i did a basic levels bump and then added some split toning.  below is the step by step video.

sidenote:  words i need to banish from my vocabulary…ummm, so, anyway.  

anyway 😉 …once again, here is the before and after.

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just wanted to say thank you again for all the lovely comments on my photo processing.  it’s something i really enjoy and i really love sharing it with you too.

happy weekend my friends!! love, kelly

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  1. Carrie bump says

    February 21, 2014 at 9:20 am

    Just an FYI I now say golden hour! And every time I do I think of you!!!! 🙂

    Reply
    • kelly says

      February 21, 2014 at 9:30 am

      it makes my heart happy to know that. xoxo 🙂

      Reply
  2. Tina Johnstone says

    February 21, 2014 at 9:32 am

    Beeeeautiful! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • kelly says

      February 21, 2014 at 10:42 am

      thank you so much tina!!

      Reply
  3. Cathy says

    February 21, 2014 at 11:09 am

    I loved watching this process Kelly. I never save my presets, and I think I need to. So thanks for all that info. I hope you are feeling better. xoxo

    Reply
  4. Ida says

    February 21, 2014 at 1:30 pm

    Gorgeous. Loving the bokeh.

    Reply
  5. Cathy H. says

    February 23, 2014 at 7:18 pm

    Golden bokeh…what could be any more beautiful than that!

    Reply

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