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07/15/2006 09:23:31 AM · #1 |
Hi,
I have two requests here.... I got up at 3am to go to the Peace Pagoda here in MK. Hoping for a sunrise, I got cloud! Anyway, I took a few, and after editing, I've post my favourites.
I'd like to know how to improve the sky in this (or any of the others, please do look!) shot:
How can I get dramatic skyes using filters (I don't own filters, but hope to get some soon)
What can I do is PhotoShop CS to get similar/same affects?
Cheers,
Message edited by author 2006-07-15 09:27:40.
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07/15/2006 09:41:52 AM · #2 |
| Try a polarizing filter; it gets rid of glare, giving you more saturated colors on the ground and darker blue skies. With your camera, I'm guessing you would need a circular polarizer to maintain the autofocus. |
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07/15/2006 09:49:40 AM · #3 |
Yeah, polarizer would help you get the shot "in camera". Here's one idea
on how to handle it in PhotoShop:
Basically, used dodge and burn to darken most everything except the structure (which looked as if you had already dodged it to lighten it, so I still went ahead and darkened it a little to bring back some of the details).
I also copied the sky into a separate layer and set the blending mode to luminosity. That helped brighten the whites of the clouds while darkening the rest.
Then I used a hue/sat layer and dropped some of the blue saturation because I felt it was becoming "unreal". (well, it still is, but less so)
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07/15/2006 10:01:59 AM · #4 |
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07/15/2006 10:12:26 AM · #5 |
The dodge&burn blues ;D
oh, and blue(hue+8,sat+8) cyan(hue+18,sat+9), and levels
Message edited by author 2006-07-15 10:14:54.
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07/15/2006 10:17:01 AM · #6 |
I know you asked about the sky, but.... there's some nice colours that were a little flat as well.
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07/15/2006 12:59:23 PM · #7 |
How does this work for you?
Contrast masking first, then select the sky and do levels and hue/sat on that, then select the whole image and do hue/sat on THAT (pull up the yellows, greens and reds), then a gradient for the sky and some slight burning in the foreground and you have it.
More natural looking than these hyper blues, anyway. I'd like to see the original before you pumped blue into the sky, it would be easier to deal with.
R.
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07/15/2006 01:27:25 PM · #8 |
Ok, your shot is so nice I had to play with it....
Dodging and burning
Gradient layer with purple to transparent set at about 27%
Saturation of selected colors...
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07/16/2006 04:19:20 AM · #9 |
Thanks for the advice everyone. I'm going to go away and re-do it. I'll post the results later today!
Cheers,
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07/16/2006 05:30:23 AM · #10 |
When mother nature doesn't co-operate, one looks in their folders and finds a surrogate mother nature:
-- presto-chango -->  |
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07/16/2006 08:10:25 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by BradP:
When mother nature doesn't co-operate, one looks in their folders and finds a surrogate mother nature:
-- presto-chango --> |
Would that be legal in Basic??? lol
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