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03/04/2005 06:06:04 PM · #1 |
I took this photo on the way to work this morning.
Please critique, using the original as reference...I would also appreciate any of your attempts to rework my original so I could learn from your photoshop processing skills (which I desparately need to develop).
Thanks!
Original:
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03/04/2005 06:15:30 PM · #2 |
well... to do some quality work on your picture it´s better to have it in higher resolution, this picture could be great if you have it in raw or large/fine JPG and do some work on it.
I gave it about 30 sec, and tis is the outcome, just some work on levels, contrast, saturation and unsharp mask :)
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03/04/2005 06:26:43 PM · #3 |
| Use curves and levels on it. Should help quite a bit. |
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03/04/2005 06:27:21 PM · #4 |
Quick and dirty....
Convert to Lab colour
switch off all except lightness layer.
Apply USM 10/50/0 and adjust levels.
Convert back to RGB.
Tweak Curves.
Slight noise reduction with neat image.
Serve whilst hot!
Lovely image by the way....gives a great feeling of a winter's day.
I was tempted to title this version "What tree where" but I have far too much respect for you.
Hope you like it.
Bob
Message edited by author 2005-03-04 18:44:27. |
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03/04/2005 07:43:57 PM · #5 |
| I think it would look better in B&W or a duotone, but thats just my taste... |
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03/05/2005 02:21:17 PM · #6 |
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03/05/2005 02:28:09 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Fibonacci:
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Nice work. I like the mood the b&w gives this. Great shot, Mike.
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03/06/2005 11:27:36 AM · #8 |
I haven't done this for awhile. Here's my take on the picture. I added grain and maybe I shouldn't have. Mostly curves,2 dup layers one multiply one screen, add grain, merge, dodge highlights, burn shadows, colorize.
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03/06/2005 11:46:25 AM · #9 |
Hmmm...I've sat back here, but to be honest...almost all of these treatments are too dramatic and produce results I would call harsh.
I like Fibonacci's second attempt (the first one posted seemed greenish) but I think the fence looks unnatural in that one...so perhaps a mask of the fence on most of those layers?
I look forward to more attempts if anyone would like to try, but try and keep the effects subtle and results soft, rather than overbearing...
Message edited by author 2005-03-06 11:47:18.
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03/06/2005 12:00:13 PM · #10 |
How's this one?
cntrl-alt-tilde, cntrl J to make new layer mask of bright areas, set to screen.
return to BG image, cntrl-alt-tilde, cntrl-shift-i to invert selection, cntrl-j for layer mask of dark areas, set to multiply.
Return to BG image, use magnetic lasso to draw a selection of the foreground up to the edge of the light horizontal streak in the middle, set new levels mask, and adjust levels to desired effect.
Robt.
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03/06/2005 12:23:39 PM · #11 |
Here are a couple takes...
and...
The second is certainly the more dramatic of the two; I'm not sure which I like more.
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03/06/2005 01:02:20 PM · #12 |
| I guess there's a reason I haven't done this for awhile. :) |
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03/06/2005 01:07:42 PM · #13 |
kirbic, bear_music...that's more true to what I saw that morning...I like it. I compared my edit with bear_music's and kirbic's first edit and i like all three...I'll have to give it some time then come back to it, I guess.
I like the top half of kirbic's (tree looks majestic, yet still hidden by the fog) and the bottom of half of bear's (fence isn't contrasted too much against the snow), so I'll have to attack it that way!
Message edited by author 2005-03-06 13:08:49.
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03/06/2005 01:10:46 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
kirbic, bear_music...that's more true to what I saw that morning...I like it. I compared my edit with bear_music's and kirbic's first edit and i like all three...I'll have to give it some time then come back to it, I guess.
I like the top half of kirbic's (tree looks majestic, yet still hidden by the fog) and the bottom of half of bear's (fence isn't contrasted too much against the snow), so I'll have to attack it that way! |
In the workflow I outlined, the top half of the tree can easily be popped on its appropriate layer. Give it a try.
Robt.
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03/06/2005 05:26:54 PM · #15 |
Tried it in black and white...
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03/06/2005 06:10:26 PM · #16 |
Here is my quick rendition:
- contrast/brightness,
- color levels,
- usm,
- some minor neat image,
- hue and sat in cyan changed slightly to add unique look,
thats pretty much it...
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