Editing Quick Quiz | How’d I Edit This?

Are you ready to try a quick quiz again! Last month was a stunning success for a few of you! And, well, a challenge for a lot of you too!

This month we are using one of my favorite photos! When I discover a silhouette opportunity I cannot pass it up! When my son and his dear friend stepped in front of this exhibit of tiny jelly fish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, I knew exactly what I wanted to create.

Here’s the image straight out of camera.

Of course, I couldn’t just leave it alone though! Here’s my final image. I adjusted only six things to go from the image above to the image below. Any ideas? If you’ve watched my Lightroom videos you may be able to take a guess at this one! For an extra credit challenge, see if you can guess the order of my steps as well!

Do you have a guess yet?

No peeking until you’ve guessed.

Seriously.

No cheating.

Ready?

Here you are (even if you cheated :))

1. Cropped the image to place the circle closer to a third and make it appear larger in the frame.
2. Adjusted the temperature to warm it up some. +146
3. Increased the exposure +.4
4. Increased the highlights +14 to brighten the blue without revealing any of the kids
5. Increased clarity for crisper lines of the circle and their outlines.
6. Decreased blacks

And that’s it! How did you do? Let me know in the comments below!