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08/02/2015 - Sundown in Africa

8/2/2015

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The Daily Texture for 08/02/2015
Sundown in Africa

Sundown in Africa Texture
Today's Daily Texture is fiery!  Full of the HOT colors of an African sunset, it was the perfect choice to add some drama to this spectacular photo of these lions.  The photographer, Peggy, wasn't happy with her edit of the photo and asked if anyone else wanted to try working with it.  Being lions {one of my favorite subjects in the whole world!}, I raised my hand and said I would play with it.  :)
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I had a few choices here - I could tie in with the lighter tan in the upper right hand corner of the original photo, or a mix of tan and green, or the gold on the lions' manes, or some hot sunset colors.  Because of the strong sunlight on the lions' faces, I chose to work with the hot sunset colors.  Tip:  When working with photos which already have strong lighting, I find they often work better with textures and backgrounds that have strong lighting as well, which this one does.

I masked away the background, revealing the texture underneath.  Then I duplicated the texture layer and placed it on top, setting it to soft light layer mode at about 50%.  I also desaturated that texture layer about 50%, to tone down the yellows.  After merging, I darkened the bottom edge of the image slightly.


Originally, the lions were photographed about noon in Botswana Africa, but now they appear to be basking in the glow of the setting sun. 
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