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Winter Edit With Texture Overlays in Luminar Neo Including Two Free Textures

 Last January we had some days with snow and people were rushing out to have some fun with it before all melted away, which is often the case were I live. I took my camera and went out into the falling snow and saw some people from my neighbourhood with their kid sleighing down a small hill nearby.  Here is the finished edit of the scenery: Enjoying A Winter Day RAW - Edit in Luminar Unedited RAW Image -  I started with the Enhance AI tool. I set the Accent AI value to 32 which was enough and brought out lights and contrasts, which I found helpful with this monotone snowy image. -   I changed into the Develop module where I enhanced the Exposure always keeping an eye on the Histogram because with snow you quickly run into burned out highlights.  - I also decreased the Highlight a bit and added more blacks. Especially reducing the lights is helpful, because I found that blend modes such as Overlay and Soft Light work better when editing with texture overla...
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Texturizing skies / New Texture Pack



Hello,
I admit it - I have been lame and lazy concerning new blog posts. Today I am back with a new pack of handmade fine art textures, that were inspired by skies and summer colors. I decided to create some textures that can easily be used to spice up a dull white or blue cloudless sky.
So this is an addition to the post on texturizing negative space.

I love fair weather and can appreciate a cloudless sky, but  unfortunately they leave me with a rather uninspiring empty space too often.

All the following pics were processed using a texture from the new pack or from the last one (Soft grunge texture bag). This is the new one:


dreamy skies & summer colors / 22.90€ /app. 28 US$



I have prepared a few examples to show you how these textures can be used with "empty skies". To see the difference you only have to move your mouse over the picture to see the un-processed version of the picture.

Picture 1

Bird Line

Bird Line Layers


I wasn't satisfied with the tinted background, so I decided to convert it into b&w. Adding the "Mint Sky - texture immediately turned it into a more interesting pic. Adding the free Shout- texture gave a nice soft grunge appearance as well as a light yellow tint. This yellow tint I decided to enhance with layer of a dark blue color. I like how the blending mode "Exclusion" makes the light tones more yellow while turning the dark ones slightly blue.
You can down load the shout texture here: SHOUT Texture


Picture 2     
Quiete Land


Picture 3
Rural Cliche


OK, this is a rather heavily textured photo, but I liked the result. That way I got a more balanced picture, I thought. But I leave that to your taste....

Picture 4

Finally one more subtle processing:
These are the two lighthouses in the volcanic south of La Palma, Canary Islands. The red & white one is still in operation, while the older and smaller one now serves as a little museum. We were there on a very clear and windy day. I chose a texture to spice up the sky a little bit. It was a fairly easy processing. I only had to straighten the lighthouses a little bit, because of the wide angle I used they were inclined to the left side. Then it was only one texture that I copied and the photo was done.
   
Faros de Fuencaliente, La Palma, Canary Islands



Thanks for your interest. I I try to be back with a new post sooner the next time.
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