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09/29/2005 09:53:53 PM · #1 |
I was going through some photos I took over the summer and came across a city scene. this is the original
and this is after I edited it
I'm fairly new at detailed editing and would like some pointers and opinions are welcomed.
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09/29/2005 09:56:39 PM · #2 |
Not a bad effort - the two things I would do different are to rotate it just a tad (finding the right amount may be difficult, since you don't have an exact horizon that I can spot), as it seems slightly tilted. Also, I like my images with a bit more contrast than this and would probably have adjusted levels/curves/whatever accordingly.
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09/29/2005 09:57:15 PM · #3 |
| I'm no expert, but I like the edited version very much. |
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09/29/2005 10:13:29 PM · #4 |
your lens is playing tricks with your vertical lines - there's a really fancy name for it that Bear_music will come along and tell us - but it's really that your lens is making your vertical lines curve to the top center of your picture.
Now this COULD be just the effect you are looking for, but if it's not...
Pull up a grid in photoshop (cntrl-") and duplicate your layer (ctrl-j). Then select transform your layer (cntrl-t) then right click and select distort. Now hold down your shift key and pull those upper handles to the right on the right hand side, and to the left on the left hand side until your vertical lines start behaving themselves.
You'll notice this will make your buildings "stand up" straighter. Like this 
If there are other ways to do this, I'd love to know, but this is how I fix stuff I shoot on my 35mm setting on my small lens (my workhorse).
I agree the processed image is just "crackley good!" It's so sharp with really really cool tonal values - it's what b&w photography should be. Now stand those buildings up straight and start working on marketing it! Then teach me how to do THAT! Photoshop is easy - marketing is HARD! :-)
Great work!
Message edited by author 2005-09-29 22:17:30.
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09/29/2005 10:23:44 PM · #5 |
Ok, so I don't know when to stop...
I looked at the levels, and the whites weren't all the way white - so I adjusted that.
Then I love the look of burned clouds, so I did a little of that
Then I thought the buildings would look cooler with more contrast, so I dodged the hightlights a little
Dodged the highlights in the trees a little
To get this
I'm not saying it's better, but it is different - :)
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09/29/2005 10:53:04 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by digitalknight:
Ok, so I don't know when to stop...
I looked at the levels, and the whites weren't all the way white - so I adjusted that.
Then I love the look of burned clouds, so I did a little of that
Then I thought the buildings would look cooler with more contrast, so I dodged the hightlights a little
Dodged the highlights in the trees a little
To get this
I'm not saying it's better, but it is different - :) |
How do you burn the clouds only, my bruch always seems to be too hard or something, yours looks so soft, how do you do that?? |
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09/29/2005 11:32:48 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by RockBruise:
How do you burn the clouds only, my bruch always seems to be too hard or something, yours looks so soft, how do you do that?? |
Large brushes at 2% - 5% - don't be afraid to overlap into the other parts of the image with the outside of your brush -
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