mporterf (393) 2009-04-12 16:53:59

Cropped out the sky and buildings and added some shadow and highlight.

mathiasmag (26) 2008-05-18 18:40:37

I liked this picture and wanted to try this for a workshop. I started with the posted original (in a workshop). It was soon clear that the grass was the biggest challenge. Somehow the color and detail of it is lost in the picture or in the downsizing.

I carefully increased saturation of the whole image, and then worked on selective details in different areas. Grass, trees, and the mill was treated separately. Each area was given a combination of exposure and level treatment. There is also an increase in blue, which O believe helps both the sky and the grass.

The main problem I had was that to improve the detail in the sky and in the grass, the color if the trees was essentially lost so they had to be brought back from the original and made lighter to show them better.

I of course used layers to achieve quite a bit of the above. I'm no export with PS, but this picture was a good one for me to practice some of the techniques on.

I hope you like the result.

aralda (1240) 2006-09-27 16:31:51

Hi Hendrik,
The photo didn't have too many bright pixels, so I changed that in levels. Also did USM.
Raluca

Liekje (574) 2006-08-06 07:55:23

I immediately recognised this face as the face that is being used in advertisements from the Dutch wheelchair-company Revecore. Just figured I'd post that picture as a workshop, it shows a little more of the dunes and the environment around the face.

archimatica (13128) 2006-07-21 04:25:01

Extreme crop, greater contrast for having more detail in the mask.
;-)
Renzo

perryhooter (2424) 2006-07-12 23:02:23

Oops I forgot the frame ! Here it is !

Cheers
Robert

perryhooter (2424) 2006-07-12 23:00:27

Just to get more attention on your lighthouse , I cropped it a bit (^_^)
Hope you will like it!
Yes I know the frame is rather large for Trekearth, but I opted to keep the maximum size photo, so I add to fill up the remaining space with a frame....
Cheers!
Robert

ninix (949) 2005-11-19 07:15:57

HERE IS THE ORIGIONAL PICTURE.

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-08-20 05:46:38

This is what I did:
Different crop,
added contrast and sharpness in the upper part,
different frame.
What do you think?

kildall (381) 2005-06-03 19:14:33

Conv. to B/W, added dark corners and a new black frame.