1st go at sharpen and crop C&C please

[NikonNewbie]

Ok...per memento...I straightened it (used p cs2) any better?

The Original

 

[memento]

maybe it's an optical illusion but i think you need to straighten the horizon.
i keep tilting my head to the left.

 

[NikonNewbie]

maybe it's an optical illusion but i think you need to straighten the horizon.
i keep tilting my head to the left.

it looked straight to me, lemme have a lookie at this bookie and see if I can figure out how to straighten now
thanks!

 

[Eagleers]

Looks good I like it. :thumbup:

 

[NikonNewbie]

Sorry just deleted all these and added them up top so you can see the changes the orig is on the bottom

 

[Geaux]

Post the original so we can see how much of a difference it made

 

[NikonNewbie]

Post the original so we can see how much of a difference it made

Okay, Ill make the original the last one.

 

[Marc-Etienne]

If you simply draw an horizontal line (then erase it obviously) you see that you are a hair higher on the left

 

[NikonNewbie]

If you simply draw an horizontal line (then erase it obviously) you see that you are a hair higher on the left

Yep..the second pic up above is the changed one. anything else need to be done to it? lighting ok etc?

 

[memento]

anything else need to be done to it?

how about adding a scantly clad woman, posing on the pier? :mrgreen:

 

[LightSpeed]

Yep..the second pic up above is the changed one. anything else need to be done to it? lighting ok etc?

Lots of things can be done. Just a quickie as an idea.

 

[NikonNewbie]

anything else need to be done to it?

how about adding a scantly clad woman, posing on the pier? :mrgreen:

Like this?
cuz that's what you get in D.E.

 

[NikonNewbie]

Yep..the second pic up above is the changed one. anything else need to be done to it? lighting ok etc?

Lots of things can be done. Just a quickie as an idea.

tell me what you did...I'm trying to learn here...lol

 

[LightSpeed]

I took the exposure down, in your sky. Then I added some of your sky, to your water. and then I slightly changed the tone of your sands and then I gave you more detail in the supports that hold the pier up by brightening them up and adding a shade of contrast and anyway, to do all this and get it right, takes much longer than what I just threw up there. It was just to give you an idea of possibilities.

 

[NikonNewbie]

I took the exposure down, in your sky. Then I added some of your sky, to your water. and then I slightly changed the tone of your sands and then I gave you more detail in the supports that hold the pier up by brightening them up and adding a shade of contrast and anyway, to do all this and get it right, takes much longer than what I just threw up there. It was just to give you an idea of possibilities.

ok so now I got cropping,straightening, and sharpening...so I'll move on to contrast...I didnt do to well with that in my pics of bridget..I nuked some stuff....oi!
How would I go about getting it to look like this?

Besides of course going to the carribeans and taking the picture? I mean how would I get colors like this? Is this contrast? Delaware's water is ****ty murky brown anyway...btw I got this pic from artsytime.com...dont want to steal pics or anything..just giving ya an example.