Chestnut Blossom - Monomad Challenge & Amazing Nature
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Hello Dears!
Today I would like to join in the Monomad Challenge, a competition reserved to the monochromes photo launched by @monochromes. If you would like to know more about, visit @monochromes blog. Thank you @brumest and @monochromes for your efforts.
I took this photo last months, during the chestnuts time. I went to collect some of them during the day when we could still leave our homes to go in the nearby cities. I used that periods biking around and doing some walks in the wood. This year, thanks to the Sars-CoV2 pandemic, I took a few walks and I took fewer photos than the previous one. But the monomad challenge is a too great initiative to leave in the oblivion, so sometimes I choose some photos and decide to try my luck.
This time I centered my focus on the chestnut and a chestnut hedgehog, creating a black and white version with high contrast. I used some curve levels to enhance a dark vignetting and a brighter level on the lights. I hope you like the first result.
In a second time, I took the photo without the monochrome covers, using a color one with high contrast and a good saturation. I turned off with a slight faded level to change the black point to a grey one. Not happy for the work, I decided to try joining in another contest edition, launched by @adalger: more info in the #amazingnature contest tah.
I hope you enjoy the whole post and I greet you hoping in a nice day.
