before and after shot of a country house
First off, my original photo was over exposed. I wasn't able to re-capture any of that detail.Then, I tried to clone, saturate, sharpen and colorize in one fell swoop. I may have bit off more than I can chew in this one. Below are the before and after versions of the same shot. Am I at least on the right track with my editing? CC welcome, as always!
Thank you!
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Thanks again for the input.
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john_m wrote: Well, it is definitely processes lol. I really like the "over" saturated foreground/background. Now the house.....is a different story. I find it distracting with all of the colors on the side (caused by over saturating). That being said, you could start over but this time create a layer mask. This way, you can still add saturation to everything else, but still control how the house itself. On a side note, this image would look great B&W..
Hey John, are you talking about the orange colors on the side? If so, those were deliberately painted in. Perhaps I should have pulled back the opacity of that layer, or not put it in there at all. The all-green side was bothering me, so I tried adding another element. As I said, I failed from the onset!!
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The BW looks nice too. Less snow on the roof and maybe a sprinkle of it in the shady areas might make it more believable. I'd like to see a downhill racer and a few slalom poles coming off the peak of the roof.
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Chasrich... you are correct about the tasting mode. In just 3 months I've learned all this new stuff. It's all so new that I do tend to overdo it. Funny you mentioned the chef. I do all the cooking... and at first it was too much salt and other seasoning. Then too little. I'm finally at the stage now (ten years later) where some of the food I make is better than what I pay for at a restaurant!
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I hope you don't mind, I did a sample edit just to show what I'm talking about. I'd probably take it even a little further than this, but just to give you an idea of what I meant:
Before:
After:
If you are bothered by me editing and posting a copy of your picture please let me know and I'll be happy to remove it from this post! I've already deleted it from my computer.
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