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| Original Photo | Altered Photo | Workshop | Options |
United States
Close Encounters of the TN Kind for Paul (64) *
Jamesp
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1210 W: 0 N: 4626]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (13756) |
Distant view | | Jamesp
(13756) [2008-07-18 08:43:02] | | Here you can get a better impression of how the tower dominates the landscape. |
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Chile
Early Light on the Cuernos del Paine (46)
Jamesp
(13756) |
Photoshop Elements | Evelynn
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1953 W: 684 N: 2758]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (12314) [2008-07-17 19:39:23] [2] | | I removed some of what I felt was oversaturated blue in this image. I used "hue and saturation" blue slider on adjustment layer. I like how it brought out the warmer light on the peaks in the distance. |
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Romania
Black-Crowned Night Heron (58) *
Jamesp
(13756) |
CS2 | | marhowie
(34439) [2008-07-02 21:18:32] [2] [+] | I patched in the slightly OE cheek area to try & improve your post.
Howard |
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Japan
Looking for Fish (80) *
Jamesp
(13756) |
Adobe Photoshop CS2 | | loot
(8935) [2008-06-06 09:02:18] [5] | Hi James
Primarily this was done just to add a bit of sky in front of the eagle, but then I got a bit of an urge and played around with some of the other settings.
I made a slight adjustment to the "Levels" by making the photo a little darker in order to gain some exposure on the white tail. Then I applied the "Shadows/Highlight" tool mostly at default setting, but I adjusted the white slider to 50% darkness. This made the sky a bit too dark perhaps, but I'm not sure the sky might normally look at this location. Finally I gave it a wee bit of "USM" just to overcome the unsharpening effect that the optimisation had on the photo.
I hope you approve of the post processing.
Best regards
Loot |
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Kenya
Lilac Breasted Roller (60) *
Jamesp
(13756) |
Adobe Photoshop CS2 | | loot
(8935) [2008-05-18 16:24:37] [5] | Hi James
I hope you don't mind me doing a workshop on this lovely posting of yours. It really is such a great shot so I am just doing this fun workshop to crop a bit of the bottom and because my fingers can never rest I played a bit with the saturation and contrast. I also removed a remnant piece of the bush that was still left over at the bottom left hand corner after the cropping exercise. Oh yes, after the cropping I increased the file size back to 800 pixels on the vertical length and saved to web with the quality increased to new larger size allowed at 283kB. I hope you approve of the optimisation done.
Best regards
Loot |
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Portugal
Stacks, Dykes and Goodbye New York (50)
Jamesp
(13756) |
turned down the sky | | horia
(12162) [2008-03-11 09:08:07] [2] | I played around with some levels and shadows/highlights in photoshop to turn down the light in the sky just a bit and also added just a touch of saturation strictly on the rocks and grass.
Hope you'll like it :) |
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United States
Incised Meander - Canyonlands (34)
Jamesp
(13756) |
Photoshop Elements | | Evelynn
(12314) [2008-02-29 22:00:49] [3] | | I wanted to showcase the wonderful reds and turquoise colors in this image. I used Levels and Contrast and cropped out the overexposed upper portion. It is just an alternate presentation, not really better just with a different message. |
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United Kingdom
Sunset Whooper Swans (50) *
Jamesp
(13756) |
PS CS2 | | JPlumb
(2837) [2008-02-13 22:58:06] [1] | Hi James, my intent in this workshop was to provide just a bit more contrast, and maybe a little more light in the midranges, but I didn't want to affect that warm light in the highlight region.
To do this I used curves. I first locked out the upper portion of the curve with a couple of anchor points. These were placed to prevent the light from changing on the upper region, no matter what I did below. I then placed an anchor point close to the middle of the curve and very subtley (is that a word?) increased it to give more light. Then towards the bottom of the curve (in the shadow region) I placed an anchor point and very slightly moved it down. This darkened the shadow region very slightly to give you the contrast you see in the workshop. I hope this meets with your approval. I have removed the copy from my terminal.
Regards, John |
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New Zealand
Salvin's Mollymawk (50) *
Jamesp
(13756) |
PS Elements 3 | | cataclysta
(4287) [2008-02-08 05:34:51] [2] | 1. crop for different compo (without the empty space at the bottom)
2. lighten shadows 30%
3. darken higlights 51 %
4. reduced contrast -10
5. black frame |
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Sri Lanka
Wild Sri Lankan Elephant (42)
Jamesp
(13756) |
Photoshop Elements | | Evelynn
(12314) [2007-12-04 19:45:23] [1] | | I felt the tall grass sort of dwarfed this elephant. I tried a different crop to make it feel more substantial. I tried a little green adjustment to put more interest in the grass and a neutral color frame to visually recede and therefore the elephant feels more prominent. The dark trunk contrasts with the lighter background bringing it forward visually. |
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