I always thought this pic had potential

[ndillane]

February 26, 2007 at 12:21 am

I always thought this pic had potential if it got the right photoshop treatment + border.

It was taken in south of France with a point and click digital a few years ago

thoughts
Noel

[ciaran]

February 26, 2007 at 8:44 am

Yup, I’d agree that it has potential. It needs to be a little bit sharper and a touch more contrasty. Perhaps even boost the saturation a little?

So why not give it the right treatment before posting?

[Mark]

February 26, 2007 at 7:11 pm

Lots of like about the shot Noel. Great colours, nicely framed, good composition.

I’ve had a quick mess with it to show what sort of things can be done in photoshop.
Adjusted the levels (Image/Adjustments/Levels) slightly, in particular I brought the right hand white pointer back in a little.
Also increased contrast just a bit (Image/Adjustments/Curves)
Increased the saturation a bit also (Image/Adjustments/Hue-Saturation) – Saturation +15
Lastly I sharpened the image to 100% with a radius of 2.

Ideally you’d do all these in Layers, but you could just make a copy of the original and play around with it.

Anyhow here’s the before and after. Not perfect but gives you an idea.

Before

After

Mark

[ndillane]

February 26, 2007 at 9:48 pm

Nice job Mark, feels much warmer.
I didn’t realise how dull it was until you warmed it up.
Seems clearer/more in focus also

Today I learnt :D
tks
Noel