Dead Bird

[starving4rtist]

Just like it says:

 

[cowbert098]

yum.......dead bird

nice photo

 

[jadin]

On my computer it looks very washed out. I copied it into my image editor, and lowered the gamma, then it looked quite a bit better. The detail really came out. . .

Just a suggestion.

 

[starving4rtist]

How do you lower the gamma in PS? Thanks.


EDIT: According to the PS help, it should be under Image - Adjust - Gamma, but I'm not seeing it there.

 

[starving4rtist]

Updated, any better?

I still couldn't figure out how to change the gamma, I just made two copies of the layer, made the top one 'multiply', and messed with the opacity.

 

[StvShoop]

edit/adjustments/levels
and
edit/adjustments/brightness&contrast

2 of the most useful photoshop tools imo (for predominantly photo stuff). nice job with the bird, but i liked the "dried-out-ness" that it used to have, it added something to the story

 

[jadin]

Close, I think a mix of the original you posted and the one shown now would be perfect. Right now it's almost too much, but I still like it better than the original.

**edit** actually if you could post the original again, i want to demonstrate what i was thinking. I use paint shop pro as well as photoshop, and PSP has a gamma correction setting that is far superior to brightness / contrast. It brightens / darkens based on original intensity rather than uniformly. I think you could get the same results using levels, but I'm not that good at that yet.