Week 8 Color adjustments

For this assignment, I wanted to adjust the color and brightness of two of the photos I took in the  previous weeks. The first photo was a macro shot of flowers. I really just wanted to lighten the colors by messing with the curve adjustment and contrast settings. The second photo of inside Barbie's car, I wanted to lighten the colors, to be able to see more of the interior of the car. Although I love the picture, it did come out very dark.

 The above is the original. The lighting and colors are bright. 

I like the edited image, because the washed out colors set a new tone for the photo. I used a combination of the curves, color balance and hue saturation tools. 

In the original photo on the left, the interior is very dark, and the details of the dashboard aren't shown. I used multiple different color settings, including the curves and color balance settings. I like how in the second photo you can see more detail, it amazing what you can do with just adjusting color and brightness