ramthakur (1501) 2007-03-16 15:50:32

Here is a fuller version mainly for Dhurjati.
The Senior school was under repair at the time of taking this picture, so the squalid details were cropped off in the original.
Take your pick, Dhurjati.

ramthakur (1501) 2007-03-10 13:48:04

Hello Plamen,
I am posting a recent view of the same road out of Riyadh. Thought you might like to see it.
It was taken on 6th January this year.
Ram

ramthakur (1501) 2007-01-25 13:49:26

Removed the noise with NeatImage, used salt-and-pepper spots removal device, cropped a little, increased contrast by +2 and added a thin black frame.

ramthakur (1501) 2006-12-22 11:46:10

Cropped to exclude the dark spot in the sky and used NoiseWare to remove the background noise.
That is it.

ramthakur (1501) 2006-11-09 17:25:44

Just cropped off the grey mist and framed.

ramthakur (1501) 2006-06-06 07:38:52

I present a dead one in Jugalbandi with you, Sabyasachi!

ramthakur (1501) 2006-06-02 13:38:09

It is a beautiful image except for a bit of sordid details in the foreground and some noise.
First I cropped off a bit of the foreground but retaining the first curve in the road. Then I enhanced colour and contrast by a few degrees, filtered the image, clarified and framed it.

ramthakur (1501) 2006-06-01 12:24:17

The phenomenon of sunrays piercing the clouds and falling on the earth must have gripped even the aboriginal man’s imagination and filled him wonder and awe. We share that feeling even today.
The image is either a low quality scan of a photograph or has been shot at high ISO rating, filling it with a great deal of noise. Then there is this brown horizontal line across the clouds that disturbs the unity of the image.
I tried two different approaches to modify this image in the PS. In the first one, I cropped the picture at the bottom and the sides with a view to putting a frame around it. Then I cloned off the horizontal brown line across the clouds (it is easy to take liberty with clouds; they don’t mind getting messed around in shapes and shades.). Then I increased saturation and contrast by a few degrees and clarified the image to get a better depth of view. Finally, NoiseWare was used to filter out noise. As the final step, I put a light frame around the image.
In the second approach, I cropped off the entire upper cloud zone including the brown line. Then I removed the noise with NoiseWare. As the final step, I enhanced saturation only slightly to give more colour to the clouds and the sunrays. The image turned out to be light in tones with blue being the dominant colour. No framing could be done with the length retained at 800.
I compared the two versions and decided to post the first one as workshop. It is a bit dark but highlights the essence of the view.

ramthakur (1501) 2006-05-30 13:39:12

Cropped, enhanced colour and contrast and framed.

ramthakur (1501) 2006-05-28 14:56:05

Cropped, sharpened, raised saturation and contrast, clarifed, filtered and framed my favourite way.