The photographer found that the original image was too large for the front cover and contained unnecessary white areas and dull grass. They cropped the image to be more rectangular, removed trees from the shot, and further edited the image by removing all white areas, brightening the grass, and adding tints to the rock and subject to make the whole scene look more vibrant and effective for the cover.

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3. • The image was too big and would
not look right on the front cover
• There were still white areas that
needed to be edited off
• The grass looked quite dull and
needed brightening up
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4. So I cropped the whole image
and deleted the trees from the
shot
- It is far more rectangular now
and will be easier to place into
the front cover
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5. I edited the image further and
made sure there was no white
in the places I found. Now the
grass looks a lot healthier and
looks better in contrast to the
sky.
I also duplicated a few layers
in order to put a brown tint on
the rock, I did the same to Old
John and put an orange tint
on top of that.
Now the whole image looks
vibrant and looks very
effective compared to the
first image.
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