Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0

Parque Natural de Cazorla
Photo Information
Copyright: Jose Gomez Munoz (cas_orla) Silver Note Writer [C: 303 W: 0 N: 178] (1425)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-11
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Edited by: Loot Eksteen (loot) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5452 W: 594 N: 3651] (10035)
Edited Image Upload Date: 2006-04-29 03:21:10
Categories: Mountain
Workshop Note
Hi Jose

I really recommend that you go back to this scene and shoot some more photos there. It is a lovely spot and I am sure if you experiment a bit with different points of view and setting you are bound to take some lovely landscapes.

I merely addressed the colour/brightness aspect of your photo. You will notice the 'smoky' effect has disappeared and the saturation of the colours have increase although I actually had to scale down on the saturation settings. This was predominantly accomplished through setting the black and white points only.

Post Processing done:
I determined the ‘Black & White’ points with the 'Threshold' tool and then I set them with the 'Levels' tool. I reduced 'Saturation' with -3, increased 'Contrast' by +6 and increased 'Brightness' by +8.

The smokiness is gone and the colours have come to light. As I said in the critique, there was not anything I can do to the loss of detail caused by excessive noise reduction. I hope you like it though.

Regards
Loot
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