This image was taken at Cliftonville Bay and given a Chalk Smudge Effect in Topaz Studio.
For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo A Week Photography Challenge, I decided to use an image I photographed whilst at Cliftonville Bay in Kent. I wanted to do something different with this image… I knew I wanted a paint-effect but was unsure of what type of effect I was trying to achieve.
So I used Topaz Studio and modified a Preset called ‘Chalk Smudge III‘. Initially, I started out in Lightroom and then Edited in Topaz Studio, when happy when the paint-effect I then returned to Lightroom, where I added some dodge and burn. And then added a Colour Preset to the image called ‘Bright‘. Then I added a Vignette.
Bren Ryan is a female amateur photographer and blogger who along with her husband, Ashley, have created a photography blog called Brashley Photography which showcases the places they've visited on their photography journey. Bren and Ashley primarily concentrate their photographic skills on landscape, architecture and floral subjects. Based in the South East of England they hope to give their readers an insight into the wonderful and beautiful landscapes, buildings and places that the South of England has to offer.
Bren also writes on her personal blog Sixty-Something Ramblings, about various topics and likes to participate in Writing Challenges.
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