The Beauty of Photoshop!

 

Phantom Rook Watch

Phantom Rook Watch

 

How do you make something that looks Brilliant in Real Life, but Photographs HORRIBLY into the Gem that it really is?  One word – PAIN!  Photoshop and Lightroom become exceedingly tedious after staring at the screen for hours on end trying to get rid of residual finger prints, dust and lighting flaws.  But Look at the result!  Wow.  The sad part is that that is only half of the equation.  The other half is getting that shot in the first place. You take a shot, think its great only to look at in in full size and realize there is a great big reflection on the glass… Well, the picture on the right is actually a great shot to work with. Some of the other pictures were sad, sad examples of photography…  

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