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Canada
Maligne lake - 1 (16)
pierrefonds
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1532 W: 18 N: 1080]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-g.gif) (4903) |
Selective Levels, colour intensity | Silke
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 727 W: 98 N: 1694]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (5406) [2007-08-07 07:47:44] [6] | Hi Pierre
This is such a fabulous view, I hope you don't mind if I try a small workshop using different software.
In Photoshop CS 2:
Magic wand, select clouds and sky (hold down shift key to add to the selection): change levels to add depth to the sky
Image > Adjustments > Match colour > Colour intensity: increase colour to 150%
Sharpen edges
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Thailand
red bugs (6)
makkala
![Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 45 W: 0 N: 77]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/s-n-g.gif) (1588) |
crop & Image Adjustments | | Silke
(5406) [2007-08-07 06:54:48] [6] | Hello Manee
I like the original capture, but thought that a slightly different composition might work better. Keeping as close to the rule of thirds as possible, I cropped the original, keeping as much of the curled tendril of the plant in the frame as I could.
Then I boosted the colour just slightly and the Luminance to 150% using Image > Adjustments > Match Colour
I hope you like the result
TFV
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Canada
De l'intérieur de l'observatoire (3)
faxa (37) |
CS3 Image Adjustments | | Silke
(5406) [2007-08-03 11:58:15] [4] | Hello Claude
Thank you for enabling the workshop posting here.
I really like your original PoV and thought that some small changes might give it more punch -- but remember this is art, not science, so different people have different tastes!
The first thing I did was to straighten the horizon. It's not perfectly straight yet because I did not want to lose any more of the flowers in the bottom left.
I used my magic want to select the wood of the foreground and then reversed the selection.
Then I went to Image > Adjustments > match colour and I increased the luminance to 150% and then neutralize and then slid the fade bar to minimize the neutralizer by 80%. This put a little more blue into the water and cooled down the green a little (making it less yellow).
Then I reversed the selection of the magic wand tool again so that the wood was the portion being adjusted. One again Image > Adjustments > Match colour but this time decrease the luminance so that the wood is darker.
Sharpen edges and repost
What do you think?
BTW: That Image > Adjustments > Match Colour combination is very handy when working with portraits too. Adding light like that can make a huge difference.
Thanks again for letting me play with your beautiful image!
Cheers
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Russia
Camomiles with a stone (1)
jesst
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 375 W: 0 N: 172]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (2411) |
crop, levels, contrast, etc | | Silke
(5406) [2007-08-02 08:00:26] [4] | There is so much potential in this image that I hope you don't mind if I play with it just a little.
First (after removing the frame) I adjusted the levels and then the contrast. Next I used the image adjustment > match colour (in Photoshop CS2) to increase the colour by 10% and then increase the luminance to 150%. Finally I added thin frame by increasing the canvas size by 3% using black.
What do you think of the result?
Thanks for sharing your lovely flowers
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Germany
Burgeon (÷)
keudell (14) |
levels, match colour, crop & frame | | Silke
(5406) [2007-07-31 08:33:51] [3] | I boosted the contrast over all by just a tad. Then I used image > adjustments > match colour > Luminance, intensity to enhance the colours. finally I cropped it and added a minimal frame.
Hope you like it
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Vietnam
River Slicing Through Mountain (20)
mlines
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magic wand & levels | | Silke
(5406) [2007-07-31 08:22:18] [3] | I boosted the contrast over all by just a tad. Then I used image > adjustments > match colour > Luminance, intensity and neutralize to enhance and naturalize the colours.
Finally I used the magic wand to select the washed out portion at top left and used the levels adjust ment to bring that out a little more.
I hope you don't mind
TFS
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United Kingdom
Pink Suns: Carpobrotus edulis (30)
Silke
(5406) |
Alternate view | | Silke
(5406) [2007-07-30 08:38:49] | | Here you can see more of the sunny yellow heart of the flower |
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United Kingdom
Pink Suns: Carpobrotus edulis (30)
Silke
(5406) |
flower location | | Silke
(5406) [2007-07-30 06:38:31] | | Here is a more distant shot of the flowers and their location, showing how they create a dense mat over the soil. |
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Peru
red-backed hawk (2)
cam
(360) |
magic wand and reduce noise | | Silke
(5406) [2007-07-26 09:00:49] [3] | Hi Charles
I am not a fan of things like Neat Image. However, there are PhotoShop tools that allow you to smooth out the jaggies selectively. I used the magic wand to select just the sky and then simply "reduce noise" filter.
It's not perfect, especially when working with a reduced file version as on TN, but I think it makes a slight difference
TFS
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United States
mother and yearling at dawn (8)
writerscrawlz
(2961) |
auto contrast | | Silke
(5406) [2007-07-14 06:45:19] [5] | Here is the same image with auto contrast -- gentler but still a marked difference from your original.
Thank you for allowing me to do these two workshop images and do let me know what you think of the result
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