Challenge- Jan. 11-13- 2021 Do Over Photographs
I've had some fun cruising my archives and finding many photos that I had never PP'd! It's amzaing how many
just needed a "Push" - Cropping, adjusting light, defination, sharpening, vinette, shdow reduction, etc. All can
bring out the true properties that you wanted! So show us the original shot and what you did to improve it AND of
Course, THE FINAL SUCCESS!
Original from Vt. but not as zippy as I wanted it to show
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Now that's a finish product!-light, defination, sharpinging , adjustment
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judy juul wrote:
I've had some fun cruising my archives and finding many photos that I had never PP'd! It's amzaing how many
just needed a "Push" - Cropping, adjusting light, defination, sharpening, vinette, shdow reduction, etc. All can
bring out the true properties that you wanted! So show us the original shot and what you did to improve it AND of
Course, THE FINAL SUCCESS!
Nice Start off Judy, love the scene too.
Photogirl17 wrote:
Nice Start off Judy, love the scene too.
Thanks, Lesley....will be interesting to see how people enhance their photos!
judy juul wrote:
I've had some fun cruising my archives and finding many photos that I had never PP'd! It's amzaing how many
just needed a "Push" - Cropping, adjusting light, defination, sharpening, vinette, shdow reduction, etc. All can
bring out the true properties that you wanted! So show us the original shot and what you did to improve it AND of
Course, THE FINAL SUCCESS!
Here is an image of a Grey Squirrel that I took. Wasn't really happy with the branch on the right side of the frame so I removed it with the clone brush in Corel Paintshop Pro 2020, then darkened the bright background a bit with the Grad Filter Pro Plug-In in Corel Aftershot Pro
Rolk
Loc: South Central PA
judy juul wrote:
I've had some fun cruising my archives and finding many photos that I had never PP'd! It's amzaing how many
just needed a "Push" - Cropping, adjusting light, defination, sharpening, vinette, shdow reduction, etc. All can
bring out the true properties that you wanted! So show us the original shot and what you did to improve it AND of
Course, THE FINAL SUCCESS!
Awesome idea for a challenge, Judy! I'm really looking forward to everyone's submissions.
You did a great job in adding some "pop" to your image...nicely done.
The image below was one I touched up and posted in yesterday's "Free Sunday" Challenge.
Had to make a lot of adjustments to this one. I was playing around with ETTR, or expose to the right, which supposedly allows you to capture more info in the RAW image that can be manipulated in post processing.
When I got to "post," that was the first thing I corrected. Went from +1.5 to -1.5 stops; then I adjusted both the shadows and blacks to -100, increased clarity to +47 and vibrance to +58. Then it was time to mask out a lot of the background, especially all the white elements like the stove. After all that, I corrected the horizon; again, normally I'm pretty careful with that when taking a picture, but if you look at the stove in the background, I blew that as well.
Normally, I am a little more careful with my placement of subjects/objects, but when this image was captured, the house was an absolute wreck...thus lots and lots of "masking." LOL
Rolk
Loc: South Central PA
tdozier3 wrote:
Here is an image of a Grey Squirrel that I took. Wasn't really happy with the branch on the right side of the frame so I removed it with the clone brush in Corel Paintshop Pro 2020, then darkened the bright background a bit with the Grad Filter Pro Plug-In in Corel Aftershot Pro
Pg 1 - Great job on this one, Tim D., especially the background!
Tim R.
tdozier3 wrote:
Here is an image of a Grey Squirrel that I took. Wasn't really happy with the branch on the right side of the frame so I removed it with the clone brush in Corel Paintshop Pro 2020, then darkened the bright background a bit with the Grad Filter Pro Plug-In in Corel Aftershot Pro
Great job td...I enjoy doing this kind of "work". It's a fun fix it and it's good to hear how it was done!
Rolk wrote:
Awesome idea for a challenge, Judy! I'm really looking forward to everyone's submissions.
You did a great job in adding some "pop" to your image...nicely done.
The image below was one I touched up and posted in yesterday's "Free Sunday" Challenge.
Had to make a lot of adjustments to this one. I was playing around with ETTR, or expose to the right, which supposedly allows you to capture more info in the RAW image that can be manipulated in post processing.
When I got to "post," that was the first thing I corrected. Went from +1.5 to -1.5 stops; then I adjusted both the shadows and blacks to -100, increased clarity to +47 and vibrance to +58. Then it was time to mask out a lot of the background, especially all the white elements like the stove. After all that, I corrected the horizon; again, normally I'm pretty careful with that when taking a picture, but if you look at the stove in the background, I blew that as well.
Normally, I am a little more careful with my placement of subjects/objects, but when this image was captured, the house was an absolute wreck...thus lots and lots of "masking." LOL
Awesome idea for a challenge, Judy! I'm really loo... (
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Great improvment , Tim! Helps to hear how you accomplished it!
I'll add another simple adjustment here...I really loved the back lit effect and the reflection...
Old cabinet with oval miror reflecting the fireplace accross the room!
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Just cropped top and right & left sides and lightened a bit..
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judy juul wrote:
I've had some fun cruising my archives and finding many photos that I had never PP'd! It's amzaing how many
just needed a "Push" - Cropping, adjusting light, defination, sharpening, vinette, shdow reduction, etc. All can
bring out the true properties that you wanted! So show us the original shot and what you did to improve it AND of
Course, THE FINAL SUCCESS!
Very nicely done Judy! Thanks for hosting another great subject. I enjoy learning how other's process their work.
Here is a nice Buck I saw on Assateague a few months back. I was actually following a doe and lost her but found him!
It was difficult to get perfect focus with all the brush and a way too big of a job to remove branches so for this one I just sharpened and cropped using Photoscape Pro X.
Nancy
Rolk wrote:
Awesome idea for a challenge, Judy! I'm really looking forward to everyone's submissions.
You did a great job in adding some "pop" to your image...nicely done.
The image below was one I touched up and posted in yesterday's "Free Sunday" Challenge.
Had to make a lot of adjustments to this one. I was playing around with ETTR, or expose to the right, which supposedly allows you to capture more info in the RAW image that can be manipulated in post processing.
When I got to "post," that was the first thing I corrected. Went from +1.5 to -1.5 stops; then I adjusted both the shadows and blacks to -100, increased clarity to +47 and vibrance to +58. Then it was time to mask out a lot of the background, especially all the white elements like the stove. After all that, I corrected the horizon; again, normally I'm pretty careful with that when taking a picture, but if you look at the stove in the background, I blew that as well.
Normally, I am a little more careful with my placement of subjects/objects, but when this image was captured, the house was an absolute wreck...thus lots and lots of "masking." LOL
Awesome idea for a challenge, Judy! I'm really loo... (
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I like the finished product!
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