Dutotones:

Title: Left Out Play Toy
Design Log
Green is my favorite color, so it was the obvious choice as a tint for my duotone. Creating a duotone is straightforward. All you need to do is turn the image into a grey scale and then add a tint.

Color Correction and Contrast

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Design Log
The original image seems to have a yellow tint placed over it so I played around with the color balance mid-tones. I took a large portion of the red out of the photo which in turn made the ocean a tad bit green. I removed the green and strengthen the blue. My final adjustments were -35, -20, 20. My next move was to brighten the highlights and darken the shadows through contrast. The values were both placed around 30 which made the photo seem less murky.

Analogous Color Scheme

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Design Log
I decided to pick an analogous color scheme starting with a light lime green as my starting point point. The next direction of colors I picked moved more to a warm setting on the color line. I thought it be more appropriate to move towards yellow-green and a light orange-brown color to represent autumn.