My Image Your View - Echo Lake, Mountainside NJ
May 29, 2023 07:10:16 #
I went back into my archive folder for this image of Fall color at Echo Lake (one of my favorite locations). The image is SOOC with a mostly unsuccessful attempt to preserve highlights in the sky. It could really benefit from your editing expertise and some TLC to bring out its potential. Hope you have fun with this one.
Feel free to download this image to your computer. Then you can edit it any way that you think is an improvement. Composites, black and white conversions, textures, sky swaps, inverted images, solarization, or whatever else you think will improve the photo are acceptable techniques for your edit. When you are finished, post your edit in this thread. Edits will be accepted until 9pm Eastern time on Thursday. No edits will be accepted after that time because we will begin voting then.
Thank you for your efforts and your participation.
Feel free to download this image to your computer. Then you can edit it any way that you think is an improvement. Composites, black and white conversions, textures, sky swaps, inverted images, solarization, or whatever else you think will improve the photo are acceptable techniques for your edit. When you are finished, post your edit in this thread. Edits will be accepted until 9pm Eastern time on Thursday. No edits will be accepted after that time because we will begin voting then.
Thank you for your efforts and your participation.
May 29, 2023 08:09:48 #
I used a gallery effect called Love in Smart Photo Editor by Anthropics to bring out the colors and details.
May 29, 2023 09:36:37 #
Thanks so much Bill for a terrific image to see how the new (Photoshop bata) Generative Fill works. I've seen how it works on YouTube and wanted to give it a try. The videos on YouTube don't show close ups, I can see after using it there's room for improvement, but as time goes by I bet it gets there. Probably won't be doing near the composition work I've done in the past when a couple of clicks will soon do the same or better quality.
On this is image I obviously added the boat with the new feature. Had to add some masking around the generated image correcting some flaws. Added saturation, used content aware feature to correct the dark corners. Didn't mess with the sky thinking it would distract/diminish all the beautiful fall colors.
On this is image I obviously added the boat with the new feature. Had to add some masking around the generated image correcting some flaws. Added saturation, used content aware feature to correct the dark corners. Didn't mess with the sky thinking it would distract/diminish all the beautiful fall colors.
May 29, 2023 10:33:36 #
I'm glad you liked it Jim, and also that it gave you a good chance to try out Photoshop's new Generative Fill.
May 30, 2023 06:54:07 #
Just a little touch here and there. Cloned out the vignette, and cropped slighter to give a more landscapy feel.
May 30, 2023 11:48:23 #
May 30, 2023 12:24:09 #
May 30, 2023 12:34:30 #
John N wrote:
I like that, it's the sort of effect I failed to acheive.
John if you are referring to my entry. I did a simple sky swap and had the water match the sky.
May 30, 2023 12:43:26 #
NJFrank wrote:
John if you are referring to my entry. I did a simple sky swap and had the water match the sky.
I am, at the moment sky swaps are above my pay grade. But it's more than that, much more vibrancy in yours.
But I'd go further, and this applies to other entries in this weekly competition. I see the original image and not much more. Others, yourself included, see possibilities. For me, that will be a bigger step than mastering the editing programmes.
May 30, 2023 12:53:39 #
John N wrote:
I am, at the moment sky swaps are above my pay grade. But it's more than that, much more vibrancy in yours.
But I'd go further, and this applies to other entries in this weekly competition. I see the original image and not much more. Others, yourself included, see possibilities. For me, that will be a bigger step than mastering the editing programmes.
But I'd go further, and this applies to other entries in this weekly competition. I see the original image and not much more. Others, yourself included, see possibilities. For me, that will be a bigger step than mastering the editing programmes.
We are all on the same journey. There is no straight line to get from point A to B. At least for me the fun is the journey and learning something new. I think we all get discouraged, at least I know I do. But I try to shrug it off. It is either that or quit trying.
I would not beat yourself up too much.
BTW YouTube is your friend.
May 30, 2023 14:57:15 #
May 30, 2023 17:35:44 #
I swapped the sky out, fooled with a new sky reflection on the water, messed with the coloring some and threw in the duck I snagged from Pixels.com and Trace Hudson. Used standard layers and masks on the duck, no AI yet.
May 31, 2023 20:52:51 #
My View.
Changed the sky and gave a modified reflection of it on the water adding some of the tree colors to it.
Cropped a slight section from the left side of the picture.
Replaced the concrete retaining wall at the bottom right of the picture.
Changed the sky and gave a modified reflection of it on the water adding some of the tree colors to it.
Cropped a slight section from the left side of the picture.
Replaced the concrete retaining wall at the bottom right of the picture.
May 31, 2023 21:47:40 #
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