For this edit I used as many of the skills that I have learnt so far. To start with I decided not to crop my photo as it would not of allowed me to edit my photo to convey the mood I wanted as the whole photo is needed. I first started by changing the levels. In doing so i made the image darker and have more contrast. I then by using the select tool highlighted the are of the sunset with a feather of 250px so that it was not obvious when I edit it. I then created a layer and pasted the selected area, then i changed the hue/saturation. I increased the saturation by 20 which made the yellow darker and more vibrant, and on another layer i increased the lightness by -8 to make the rest of the image slightly darker.
I tried to make the image convey the mood "hope" by making the left of the photo dark and get brighter towards the right. I think that this has worked okay. I like how the silhouette of the stadium shows up and how the people in the foreground are looking out to sea.
Alternatively i have cropped the image so that the horizon is in line wit
h the bottom line on the rule of thirds and the people are on the bottom left corner of the golden sections. This makes the image more personal to them which helps me convey the mood of happiness as they are happy. I then changed the levels so that the mid tones where 0.87 and the white tones were 255. This has made the image a lot brighter and more detail can be seen in the buildings. To finish off I used a warming filter (85) to increase the saturation of the picture. I have tried to change the picture to show happiness.
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