Just a few words on the new banner up top. Prior to selecting an image I decided that I’d pick out the theme’s blue scheme for the month. Having decided on that bit, I set out to pick a picture that suited that hue. Going through my photos I found a picture of Niagara Falls that I had archived. I have a lot of pictures of the Horseshoe Falls, but for composition I decided to pick this one of the American side.
So, the first thing I did was resize and crop it to an eye-catching portion. I then adjusted the white balance. For outside photos, the white balance tends more toward bluer light. After that I used an automatic saturation balancing tool, which cranked up the blue saturation even more. The result is the image in the banner, which really does look like a painting; the blueness of the Niagara river is rather striking.
The original image can be found below for reference.
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2 comments
Hui says:
Tue. August 4, 2009 at 9:29 am (UTC -5 )
Love the pic!
Jay says:
Fri. August 7, 2009 at 12:44 am (UTC -5 )
It’s a definite improvement over the other Niagara Falls photo I used in early July. This one has a bit more eye-catching scenery.