Happy St. Patty's - Doolin, Ireland

[Daveleau]

Hi everyone,

I'm showing the before and after of this, as along with the photo skills, I'd like to know what I could do better in PP. Thanks for your help!

PP'ed in CS4 RAW:

DoolinCemetery2 by daveleau, on Flickr

Original:

DoolinCemetery by daveleau, on Flickr

This is one of the first concerted efforts I have made in sharpening (while knowing a little of what I was doing rather than random sharpening) and I used the adjustment brush to lighten items to the left. In another version (not shown), I tried Tonemapping w/ Photomatix, but it came out too grainy.

Thanks for your help!
Dave

 

[imLOSTirl]

Sorry but it's Paddy, Not Patty

 

[photocist]

the edit is a little too saturated for my tastes

 

[Daveleau]

ILI, I fixed it.

Photocist,
Thanks. Looking at it on one monitor, it looks correct, but on another, it does look blown out. I need to calibrate.