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08/22/2004 01:36:05 AM · #1 |
I took this photo last week while we were driving home from Yosemite. I love it but I had a hard time editing it to try and get the colors right. Is there some way that I can get rid of that "cloud" that makes the bottom quarter of the sky look "dirty"?
I'd like to have richer colors in the sky but then the yellow gets too oversaturated...
Edit: Oh, and I had a hard time sharpening it when I resized. I ended up haveing to mess with the unsharp mask, but the windmill still doesn't make me super happy...
Message edited by author 2004-08-22 01:39:52.
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08/22/2004 01:50:57 AM · #2 |
Which post-production program are you using. If you are using still using the PSCS demo have you tried gradient masking and using the dropper tool to select the yellowish cloud to make it white?
Message edited by author 2004-08-22 01:53:36. |
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08/22/2004 01:56:25 AM · #3 |
I'm using Paint Shop Pro 8 and no, I haven't gotten to trying any adjustment layers...I've just gotten the hang of regular editing...
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08/22/2004 02:01:19 AM · #4 |
for a straight up shot its rather nice ;}
here's my first shot at faking it...
Message edited by author 2004-08-22 02:01:38.
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08/22/2004 02:13:09 AM · #5 |
| You can always convert to b/w if you can't get the colors right or add in a different sky from a previous picture that you have taken. |
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08/22/2004 02:19:59 AM · #6 |
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08/22/2004 02:24:37 AM · #7 |
Yeah, I don't have any love for "chopping" together multiple photos. No, I'm gonna stick it out and try to make this one work with color, that's the reason I love it so much to begin with.
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08/22/2004 02:27:37 AM · #8 |
its a great photo - especially given the circumstances
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08/22/2004 07:13:57 AM · #9 |
Great shot, here's my attempt at fixing the bottom:
To do it, I created a white to transparent gradient from bottom to top, starting from where the sky starts. I then changed the blending mode to Soft Light. Then I duplicated the layer to there are 2 soft light layers the same. Then I selected the windmill and erased that area on the top gradient layer. Thats it :)
I also did this version with a blue to transparent gradient rather than white:
I think they both work pretty well :)
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08/22/2004 09:21:36 AM · #10 |
Here's a quick edit. Used channel mixer to bring some of the sky detail from the red channel into the blue & green channels, and raised the overall ocntrast of the sky with curves.
I used no selection tools at all. I left the cloud on the horizon, I think it adds, at least once the detail is brought out.
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08/22/2004 09:29:56 AM · #11 |
Hi Ami. I gave it a go in psp.
Left instructions on the picture.
Edit: If you do curves after this, you should see more contrast without the wheat getting blown out, or the top cloud. Just bring the darks down a bit.
Message edited by author 2004-08-22 10:32:46. |
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08/22/2004 10:12:12 AM · #12 |
My choice for winner is the one by kirbic.
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08/22/2004 10:24:19 AM · #13 |
Some other things to try: just take away yellow and black from your whites. I do this in PS using the Select Color tool.
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08/22/2004 11:07:58 AM · #14 |
that is a great feature - whitening the whites or blackening the blacks.
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08/22/2004 11:20:47 AM · #15 |
If you're not worried about open challenge legality, there's always the trusty paintbrush. I used Levels and HSB to adjust the bulk of the photo (I like a deeper sky), then used a paintbrush on Color mode to modify the lower clouds...
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