High Contrast Garden - Lilies - PhotoPaint - Filter Forge

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I selected two photographs from our garden taken with my Canon XTi Rebel. I applied the same techniques for my High Contrast images. I opened from Picasa 3 to PhotoPaint.

There I applied the Local Equalization and subsequently the Tone Curve plus I increased the saturation. I used Filter Forge's Photo Effects Vibrance on both images for more punch. Then I added a film frame to both from Filter Forge's frames Freepack.

I really like the resulting images using these techniques. They are soft, and harsh at the same time, vibrant and subdued as well.

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