Playing around in photoshop :)

[echoyjeff222]

Just wondering what people thought, as I haven't used much photoshop. Too much?

Lighthouse in W.Seattle -- will upload more later. It's late right now


W.Seattle Lighthouse by echoyjeff222, on Flickr

 

[PlanetStarbucks]

Actually, that's just about right. I think it's just scraping the edge of fantasy light that gives it a slightly ethereal feel to it. One thing I think would be to smooth the sky color, because the grittiness isn't working for me. Not sure if that's a photoshop artifact or the ISO.

 

[echoyjeff222]

Actually, that's just about right. I think it's just scraping the edge of fantasy light that gives it a slightly ethereal feel to it. One thing I think would be to smooth the sky color, because the grittiness isn't working for me. Not sure if that's a photoshop artifact or the ISO.

How would you remove that? I think that came when I increased the detail.

BTW, i just noticed that perhaps this could look like a impressionistic painting if I really blurred it more. Hahaha maybe I'm going too far, but for some reason that popped in my head.

 

[echoyjeff222]

Okay, I followed this: How to Fix a Grainy Sky in Photoshop | eHow.com

and I got this ... it doesn't look any different to me LOL


Lighthouse2 by echoyjeff222, on Flickr

 

[echoyjeff222]

I just installed the noise reduction from noiseware -- i think it worked!



Try3! by echoyjeff222, on Flickr

EDIT:

I'm having way too much fun with this. I tried out a quick impressionistic setting:


DSCN1590IMPRESS by echoyjeff222, on Flickr

 

[powasky]

Dude there's some nasty noise in the shadowed wall that's facing you. Are these sharpening artifacts?

 

[echoyjeff222]

Yeah, I used the detail effect -- is it too much? lol

did you take a look at the 'impressionistic setting' one? it looks a lot less noisy.

 

[Frequency]

it looks fine after noise reduction...which one did you download? noise ninja?

Regards

 

[echoyjeff222]

noiseware by imageonomic -- got a 15 day trial

which one do you like more in the 5th post? the one with noise reduction in the sky or the one that I 'impression-ized?' lol

 

[Frequency]

i like one with one eye and the other with the other

 

[echoyjeff222]

any more opinions on post 5?

not sure if the second one on the post turned out too soft / unreal with the edit?

 

[powasky]

any more opinions on post 5?

not sure if the second one on the post turned out too soft / unreal with the edit?

Dude, who cares. Do you like it?

Personally I think the noise on the shadowed wall facing you is distracting. The haloing around the building is distracting. The wonky pastel colors are distracting.

 

[echoyjeff222]

Thanks -- I did my best to remove the grain.


DSCN1590IMPRESSnograin by echoyjeff222, on Flickr


What haloing? How would I fix that? (what is it?)

and I tried to get the pastel colors LOL. Thanks for input

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

There was too much dynamic range in this photo for a single exposure.

Next time, try your hand at HDR to properly expose the highlights and the shadows.
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/hdr-discussions/285190-beginners-guide-hdr.html

 

[echoyjeff222]

I was using the HDR effect in photoshop!

I'll check out that guide, thanks. If I don't have spot metering, do I just zoom in as far as I can to the highlights and shadows?