photoshop gurus, what would you do to this?

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

12/13/2006 09:08:33 AM · #1

photoshop gurus, what would you do to this?

//timferrell.com/tferrellweb.jpg

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

12/13/2006 09:37:30 AM · #2

Here's a quick take:

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

12/13/2006 10:22:47 AM · #3

I like that but I'm stuggling to get it. How far down do you put the gradient?

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

12/13/2006 10:38:22 AM · #4

Originally posted by Niten:

I like that but I'm stuggling to get it. How far down do you put the gradient?

I put the center point (50% point) of the gradient just below the horizon, and the width of the gradient was about 1/4 of the picture height.

Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x Tele Converter

12/13/2006 10:44:30 AM · #5

Thanks Kirbic

I can do alot of stuff in photoshop but clearly I have a way to go. I'm going to study up on gradient selections and USM contrast and try again later.

Blackbox

Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+

12/13/2006 11:00:31 AM · #6

Hi Tim,

I'm by no means a 'guru' but, I gave it a quick shot.

KaDi

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

12/13/2006 11:29:42 AM · #7

No "guru" either...though I think there might be one on top of that pointy mountain. :)

pineapple

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

12/13/2006 12:16:28 PM · #8

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

12/13/2006 12:52:06 PM · #9

Or just go nuts and do this:

Edit to add:
Did some serious levels adjustments and heavy-handed Shadow/Highlight adjutment, then did two gradients, first for the orange to transparant, erasing above the level where I was to add the blue gradient, flatteneing, then applying the blue gradient downward, fading with eraser tool to blend, then flattening the layers. Did some selective curves in upper & lower sections separately and reduced noise with CS2.

Message edited by author 2006-12-13 17:23:32.

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

12/13/2006 05:18:50 PM · #10

Originally posted by BradP:

Or just go nuts and do this:

I like it. But you didn't leave the steps.

Thanks a ton, You guys have serious skills!

Tim

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

12/13/2006 05:24:10 PM · #11

Originally posted by Niten:

I like it. But you didn't leave the steps.

Corrected

Puckzzz

Pentax K10D

Pentax FA 28-80mm 3.5-5.6 AF - Silver

12/13/2006 05:28:48 PM · #12

why would you leave the editing of a picture up to someone else?
is it because you don't have PS skills or because you don't know how to enhance this photo?

fotomann_forever

12/13/2006 05:32:17 PM · #13

Originally posted by Puckzzz:

why would you leave the editing of a picture up to someone else?
is it because you don't have PS skills or because you don't know how to enhance this photo?

I can't speak for him personally, but I think many people like to see what others would do to thier photos to improve them. It's nice to see which steps the others would take and learn from them.

That, and some of us just love to mess with other people's photos :-)

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

12/13/2006 05:32:58 PM · #14

Originally posted by Puckzzz:

why would you leave the editing of a picture up to someone else?
is it because you don't have PS skills or because you don't know how to enhance this photo?

Part of the learning experince of this site is looking at what others might do with a shot, and learning from the different "takes" on it and how they were accomplished.

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

12/13/2006 05:36:32 PM · #15

Originally posted by Puckzzz:

why would you leave the editing of a picture up to someone else?
is it because you don't have PS skills or because you don't know how to enhance this photo?

You take the picture. You have the experience of the scene in your subconscious and when it comes down to editing, it is far more difficult to get out of the box and think without the constraints that are buried in your subconscious from being there.
Well, it sounds good anyway.

Oh, and it's fun and a great way to learn yourself, as well as others picking up something in the process.

netbandit

Nikon D70s

12/13/2006 09:11:58 PM · #16

Thunder!
I threw in some lightening thanks to an Alien Skin plugin.. sepia'ed the picture.. and smoothed it using NeatImage..

kinda old / mystical lookin now.. expect a dragon to come flying in or something heh

pineapple

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

12/13/2006 09:45:18 PM · #17

Netbandit's edit deserves showing rather than linking. Nice edit.

Message edited by author 2006-12-13 21:47:01.

12/13/2006 10:26:13 PM · #18

Originally posted by Puckzzz:

why would you leave the editing of a picture up to someone else?
is it because you don't have PS skills or because you don't know how to enhance this photo?

I struggled to get the photo exceptable. I do plenty of photoshop work. I dont want to be a photoshop expert, however I do want to be able to make my photos look their best. Maybe that means I need to be a photoshop expert sometimes. My photoshop skills have and will improve because of the responses in this thread.