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The original version of this image was a little too bright to match the aesthetic and theme that i wanted. To dull the sky, I just added a new layer, coloured it black and put it in a soft light effect creating a burn effect. After burning the sky, i simply just desaturated the whole image and brought the brightness down quite a lot. Im still not happy with the overall outcome because of the colour of the grass but in order the keep the image looking realistic i wanted to keep the editing to a minimum.

With this image i started by just desaturating and decreasing the brightness a bit. I then added a new layer and burned the sky in the same way that i had with the previous image. I found that the pink/purple sign behind the phonebook would be too bright to fit with my theme so I used the selective colour tool to tone down the pinks/blues/cyans/purples with just desaturated that part of the photo a bit more.

Overall, I quite liked the aesthetic of this image before i had edited it, however again the sky was a little too bright so i added a new layer and burned it in a soft light effect. I then just used the Vibrance tool, colour balance tool, and selective colour tool to tone down the bluest part of the sky and Im really happy with the greyish colour that it has left. I pretty much just left the rest of the image raw as i like how dark the bottom third of it is as i can draw more attention the the flats.

This image was very simple to edit and sort of similar to the previous image. I first added a new layer and burned a sort vignette effect around the edge, it helps make the end of the tunnel look brighter and fit better to its purpose. I then just used the vibrance tool to tone down the yellow lights on the right hand side of the photo, this worked well and made them look more white which i definitely think works better.

Again, with this images i started it off by adding a new layer and burning the sky around the building using the soft light effect. I then used the magnetic lasso tool to select the block of flats. Once selected, I used the Hue/saturation, brightness/contrast, and the selective colour tool to increase the vibrance of the building. I think this works well as it helps it really stand out against the dull sky and it also works well due the the angle that the image was taken at.