Help with a photo

[Big]

I got this picture that I'm trying to get to look better. I'd like to keep it black and white but make the snowshoe prints really stand out. Got any suggestions? I still have the color version although it's not very colorful since it was a plain cloudy day.

Thanks- BIG

 

[tirediron]

I think the best way to deal with this is going to be through the use of layers. Load this into your favorite photo-editor and select the snow as one layer, and brighten and increase constrast to that, the trees as another, increasing contrast to taste, and finally [perhaps] the sky as a third, but I'm not sure there's much to be done with it.

 

[Big]

Thanks, I'll give it a shot

 

[Big]

Whoa... I selected the snow, and simply clicked auto levels (which I rarely do) and it came up with this,

Then I tried using the curves tool and came up with this wild look, I kinda like it. It's different.

 

[silentfallen]

wow i need to get some more editing practice lol

 

[Big]

wow i need to get some more editing practice lol

That's what happens when you push random buttons in Photoshop to see what they do... lol

 

[KmH]

Flash works nicely to add definition on plain cloudy days. If you get the flash off the camera, you have many more lighting possibilities.

Making images from a perspective other than standing with the camera at eye level can add a touch of drama.

 

[silentfallen]

heh well off to do some random clicking then..