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longtalker
Joined: 07 Mar 2009
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Location: Romania
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 Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:28 pm Post subject: suggestions on how to improve a picture in PS? |
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Hello everyone,
I took a picture of a romantic place in Durham (England). You can see it here -- http://www.badongo.com/pic/5470867?size=original
I think there are things that can be done in Photoshop to improve this picture and do justice to the beautiful scene - for example, somehow accentuate the dramatism of the water reflections, or add lighting effects that can maybe compensate for the less-than-ideal time of the day when the picture was taken.
The first step would be to find the right cropping for the picture, my idea was something like this -- http://www.badongo.com/pic/5470940?size=original
Then, of course, a certain number of processing steps. I will try to put my rudimentary Photoshop skills to work and see what comes out, but I could really use and appreciate it if anyone would like to try their hand at this too. I want both to put this picture in a better light, and also get a tiny bit better at PS in the process. Some of the effects I had in mind are Light Source, Blur and PhotoFilter; and I'm sure there are a lot others that I don't know (or don't use creatively enough) that could be applied with nice results in this case. Once again, I'd be happy to receive any visual suggestions. Thanks in advance! |
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moondog
Joined: 02 Apr 2008
Posts: 778
Location: Michigan
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longtalker,
absolutely NOTHING against photoshop as I'm a big user, but perhaps you might prefer to use something like Topaz Adjust http://www.topazlabs.com/topazlabs/03products/topaz_adjust/
take a look and see is something like this won't help you out
dog
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longtalker
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That looks like a useful plugin, thanks |
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moondog
Joined: 02 Apr 2008
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you're welcome
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