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Step by Step Image: Lake Eola Turtles

Step by Step Image: Lake Eola Turtles

Step by Step Image: Lake Eola Turtles

Jan 26, 2015 | Posted by Brian Beard | Tips and How-To's | 0 comments |

During a visit to Florida over the holidays, I went with Erin and my family to downtown Orlando and Lake Eola. Like any lake in Florida, there’s an abundance of wildlife, and it gave me the opportunity to use a new smartphone photography tool – my selfie stick (though I didn’t use it for a selfie in this case).

The turtles in this photo were sunning themselves on a rock about 2 feet or so below the level of the sidewalk I was on. To further complicate things, there was a railing, so one can’t just lean over the edge of the floor. I attached my phone to the selfie stick and extended it to its full length. Let me tell you, I was nervous – this was the first time I’d ever used it outside the house, and here I was holding my phone over a lake!

I lowered the phone slowly so I wouldn’t scare or disturb the turtles, and snapped a few photos using a remote shutter button (came with the selfie stick). Here’s the best of the originals:

IMG_2391I then opened the image in Snapseed, and went into the tune image section. Here, I increased the ambiance (+56) and saturation (+65), before adding the drama filter to add some dynamic contrast. I left the filter strength at Snapseed’s default (+90) but moved saturation back to 0.

And that’s it! Here’s the resulting image, one my my first ever with the selfie stick!

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Brian is an aspiring entrepreneur, traveler, and athlete. He's a seasoned analyst with a passion for measuring everything and using data to understand the world. He's also an adventurer with passport stamps from 31 countries and counting. You can find him on twitter and instagram.

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