I thought this windmill at Fort Rock would make a good candidate for showing three ways to process a photograph. I used the photographic effects in Corel PaintShop Pro 2021. This picture was taken at the Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum in Central Oregon.

Prior to trying other effects, I decreased the brightness by 4 and increased the contrast by 10.

The first two show the original and a platinum processed image. This processing was popular from 1873 to 1920 but was discontinued due to the high costs of platinum. For this image I went to Effects>Photo Effects>Time Machine>Platinum. I tried black and white processing but liked the slightly warmer tones of this effect.

The second two show the original and a cross process image. This process resulted from mismatching the film and development chemicals on purpose. For this image I went to Effects>Photo Effects>Time Machine>Cross Process. This effect oversaturates the colors and they really pop.

Read more: Windmill at Fort Rock: 1-to-3 Photo Challenge

The last two show the windmill at Fort Rock original image and the same picture with a glowing edges effect. For this image I went to Effects>Artistic Effects>Glowing Edges. This is a more artsy effect. I bet it would look good under black light! 😉

One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge – September 2021

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  • Using the image compare block is so effective here, as we get to compare each edit with the original 😀 My favourite is the platinum effect, it seems to suit the subject matter particularly well

  • A great subject for this, and I like the second one. The last is very interesting also.

    • Thanks, Kathleen! I thought that photo was a great subject for this challenge as well. 🙂

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