Edited Photo - Mx

[JimNotJon]

I really do believe photoshop can rescue poor photos, but in this case extract the potential in a shot to something, that in my oppinion looks alot better.

This is a photo of my good mate Nik that a friend of his took. He sent me it over saying he wants a better photo taking, but as he hasn't pulled his finger out and finished off his track, I haven't been able to go over my self yet.

However I thought I would have a quick play.


Let me know what you think, I think its improved the overall outcome alot more.


Jim

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Edited by JimNotJon on Monday 2nd June 21:47

[furtive]

the grass looks a bit radioactive

[john185k]

too much colour saturation for me, nice capture tho

[Goldeeno]

yeah like the crop and rider detail, but the ground is a bit, well, odd .

[stigmundfreud]

if you were to mask the sky and then create a multiply layer from a copy of the sky you'll bring detail back in there by about 1 stop

[Ren-Raku]

I'm also of the opinion that if you're going to saturate a photo, just do it on the area you need to, not everywhere. The grass looks like it came out of a lego factory Loving the pic.

[JimNotJon]

Thanks guys. I did seem to think the same about the grass. Im just not too clued up about layer masks? I will have another go when I come back from work.

[Ren-Raku]

JimNotJon said:

Thanks guys. I did seem to think the same about the grass. Im just not too clued up about layer masks? I will have another go when I come back from work.

Be sure to show us the results!

[JimNotJon]

The bike doesn't look so good now, but it all looks a little more natural. Tried using a layer mask. Used this site for photoshop resources if anyone is interested: http://www.good-tutorials.com

[CVP]

Much improved over the original and the grass looks much more natural than in the first edit.

Chris