Buckingham fountain: On a recent trip to visit my son, I took this photo of Buckingham fountain in Chicago. My son loves the photo and wants a print of it. I, however, am not real fond...

enjoyinglife Loc: Texas

On a recent trip to visit my son, I took this photo of Buckingham fountain in Chicago. My son loves the photo and wants a print of it.

I, however, am not real fond of the picture. I wonder if I could do some post processing which would make me like it better. I have PSE10 which I am learning.

Can some of you give me some ideas of what I could do in PSE10 to make it better?

Chicago Buckingham fountain

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

Take the tilt out first. Maybe dull it down a tad. Otherwise it's nice.

Sarge69

Ive Fallen Loc: Chula, GA

make the prints

rufus1 Loc: Winter Haven, Florida

If I'm not mistaken this is the same fountain in either Bryan Peterson or Scott Kelby book/s, if you have a copy check out how the masters handled it. Still a real nice shot IMO. Sarge is right fix the tilt.

Pixelpixie88 Loc: Northern Minnesota

I played a little with this photo in Lightroom. There wasn't too much to do to it. A little straightening, sharpening and a tad lighter. It's a nice photo...other than straightening, I don't really think it needs much.

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

You've done it Watson - Jolly Good.

Sarge69 :thumbup: :thumbup:

Pixelpixie88 Loc: Northern Minnesota

I just noticed my name on the redo...sorry about that.

richnash46 Loc: Texas

enjoyinglife wrote:

On a recent trip to visit my son, I took this photo of Buckingham fountain in Chicago. My son loves the photo and wants a print of it.

I, however, am not real fond of the picture. I wonder if I could do some post processing which would make me like it better. I have PSE10 which I am learning.

Can some of you give me some ideas of what I could do in PSE10 to make it better?

Other than the slight tilt that others have pointed out, I personally think it is a gorgeous photo and I wouldn't do anything else to it! I can understand why your son likes it so much! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :-) :-)

Archy Loc: Lake Hamilton, Florida

enjoyinglife wrote:

On a recent trip to visit my son, I took this photo of Buckingham fountain in Chicago. My son loves the photo and wants a print of it.

I, however, am not real fond of the picture. I wonder if I could do some post processing which would make me like it better. I have PSE10 which I am learning.

Can some of you give me some ideas of what I could do in PSE10 to make it better?

:thumbup:

llindstrand Loc: Seattle Metro

enjoyinglife wrote:

On a recent trip to visit my son, I took this photo of Buckingham fountain in Chicago. My son loves the photo and wants a print of it.

I, however, am not real fond of the picture. I wonder if I could do some post processing which would make me like it better. I have PSE10 which I am learning.

Can some of you give me some ideas of what I could do in PSE10 to make it better?

I can't help you with PSE 10 as I don't use it. I did do some straightening of buildings. What surprised me is the fountain in the original picture is level. I did a couple of filter edits in OnOne Software Effects to brighten up the image slightly.
Swede

enjoyinglife Loc: Texas

I had noticed the tilt and when my son saw it, it was fixed. I had the same problem as a later poster mentioned. It seemed the fountain was straight but not the skyline. Did you just straighten the entire photo?

Thanks, it already looks better.

Wendy2 Loc: California

Not sure what bothers you about the photo, so I tried various adjustments

enjoyinglife Loc: Texas

I also like your crop!

Pixelpixie88 wrote:

I played a little with this photo in Lightroom. There wasn't too much to do to it. A little straightening, sharpening and a tad lighter. It's a nice photo...other than straightening, I don't really think it needs much.

enjoyinglife Loc: Texas

I am not sure either. That is one reason why I couldn't figure out what to work on.

Thank you for your adjustment!

Wendy2 wrote:

Not sure what bothers you about the photo, so I tried various adjustments

Pixelpixie88 Loc: Northern Minnesota

enjoyinglife wrote:

I also like your crop!

Pixelpixie88 wrote:

I played a little with this photo in Lightroom. There wasn't too much to do to it. A little straightening, sharpening and a tad lighter. It's a nice photo...other than straightening, I don't really think it needs much.

I like the crop too but why do the buildings look like they are leaning in?