My first attempt at a photo restoration

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

06/02/2005 11:06:50 PM · #4

Not sure if you were trying for a realistic look or dreamy look.
As bear mentined the sky is too great.

I did a 5 minute edit on it and came up with this:

Workflow was basically, white balance adjustment, levels, options and selected my defaults of 0.5 on each, minor adjustment in Shadows/Highlight , did a Ctrl-ALt-~ to select the highlights and brought the brightness down a tad, eyedroppered a section of the foliage on the left, selected the brush tool in color burn mode, brushed over lightly at about 8% to basically darken the washed-out bushes, USM 50, 0.3, 0 on lightness channel, cloned out some specs on his shirt & sky.
At least that's what I remember anyway.

Open each and switch in taskbar between them to see differences.

Message edited by author 2005-06-02 23:08:02.

scuds

Canon EOS-30D

06/02/2005 11:12:24 PM · #5

Originally posted by BradP:

Not sure if you were trying for a realistic look or dreamy look.
As bear mentined the sky is too great.

I did a 5 minute edit on it and came up with this:

Workflow was basically, white balance adjustment, levels, options and selected my defaults of 0.5 on each, minor adjustment in Shadows/Highlight , did a Ctrl-ALt-~ to select the highlights and brought the brightness down a tad, eyedroppered a section of the foliage on the left, selected the brush tool in color burn mode, brushed over lightly at about 8% to basically darken the washed-out bushes, USM 50, 0.3, 0 on lightness channel, cloned out some specs on his shirt & sky.
At least that's what I remember anyway.

Open each and switch in taskbar between them to see differences.

I like it, but I was more into the scratches and marks on the pic. I wanted it out. I also "cloned" lots of bits and pieces, and a major section of it as well (left side of the shot). Yours have a more natural look, but I really was after the blurry effect!

Man_Called_Horse

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

06/02/2005 11:15:21 PM · #6

scuds, take note of BradP's version. Look alot more like a photo, more convincing.

You are on the right track, but something about your retouch seems unnatural.

Keep practicing.

tsheets

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

06/02/2005 11:31:50 PM · #7

I agree...BradP's looks realistic. I am sure with more time the other issues that you wanted fixed could be done as well. Personally, I would want to restore it to as realistic a state as possible.

just my opinion...

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

06/02/2005 11:31:53 PM · #8

Wasn't sure you were going for the dreamy look.
While it was still active in PS, I went back & cleaned up the scratches & "stuff" and went the softer dreamy look:

jpochard

Canon EOS-40D

06/02/2005 11:48:28 PM · #9

Originally posted by BradP:

Wasn't sure you were going for the dreamy look.
While it was still active in PS, I went back & cleaned up the scratches & "stuff" and went the softer dreamy look:

I really like the final product here. Nice job!

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

06/03/2005 01:05:53 AM · #10

Hmmm, not to change the subject, but it looks to me like he's got his hand on her breast. Do her parents know she's going out with a guy like that? LOL

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

06/03/2005 01:16:38 AM · #11

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tsheets

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

06/03/2005 08:51:26 PM · #12

Originally posted by kpriest:

Hmmm, not to change the subject, but it looks to me like he's got his hand on her breast. Do her parents know she's going out with a guy like that? LOL

At their age, it may be worse if he had his hands around her waist. ;-)

Not meaning any disrespect....blame Newton!!