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Atif Ghazi

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Hi,

There were interesting colors in the sky but unfortunately my G2 was at home. When i manage to reach home and shot this picture, sky was already becoming dark. Color didn’t seem to be interesting anymore. I will welcome any help in improving colors in this picture using PhotoShop.

Thanks
AG
 
Atif Ghazi said:
Hi,

There were interesting colors in the sky but unfortunately my G2
was at home. When i manage to reach home and shot this picture, sky
was already becoming dark. Color didn’t seem to be interesting
anymore. I will welcome any help in improving colors in this
picture using PhotoShop.

Thanks
AG
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CSB (Moscow, Russia)
 
Atif Ghazi said:
Sorry, forgot to paste the link. Here it is;

http://www.pbase.com/image/4280854
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Attif

Its my first post here for a long while just happned to open this one and thought I should tell you that this image needs no improvement - maybe slight leveling but that's all I would do. It makes a very fine abstract and I like it as such. Recently I have discovered though that these kind of fine abstarcts get more interesting ifthere is a sharp contrast in front (side or bottom) tree top, columns anything that will generate a feeling of depth and contrast will do.

Hope you don't mind me sharing this thought with you

Ruvy

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Ruvy
 
Atif,

It is easy - in Photoshop press ctrl-L and adjust the input level left and right limits:



After that your new histogram display would have regular form:



There is a little noise in this image - you could correct the noise using for example Neat Image from: http://www.neatimage.com/

The result would be better if the image is in TIFF format.

The best is to shoot in RAW - then you could make the same correction to the histogram before converting the Raw image (using for example Breeze Browser from: http://www.breezesys.com ) and also you could set-up the right white balance if necessary.

Greetings,
Roumen
Atif Ghazi said:
Thanks for your help Roumen.
AG
roumen said:


Greetings,
Roumen
Atif Ghazi said:
Sorry, forgot to paste the link. Here it is;

http://www.pbase.com/image/4280854
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Hi Atif, IMO you will never get this picture interesting just improving colors. You should have included a foreground object so that eyes could lay on it - There is just nothing to look at... so... i just added a few ... :-)
http://www.pbase.com/image/4296218/original
Regards,
Atif Ghazi said:
Hi,

There were interesting colors in the sky but unfortunately my G2
was at home. When i manage to reach home and shot this picture, sky
was already becoming dark. Color didn’t seem to be interesting
anymore. I will welcome any help in improving colors in this
picture using PhotoShop.

Thanks
AG
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Paulo Abreu
http://www.pbase.com/psergio
 
Hi Randy,

I agree 100% with you. That´s why I have NEVER made any addition to my pictures, besides some minor cloning of unwanted items is pictures - very rarely.

However, IMHO and don´t intending to minor Atif Ghazi picture, I wouldn´t classify this as a "good photo" (subjective) - I think that he doesn´t consider too - In fact, as he said, he missed the moment because he hadn´t the camera when he wanted to take the pic.
Regards,
Randy Sluder said:
Paulo:

You have got to be kidding! You ruined a good photo with the
amateurish Photoshop additions. Just because you can do it in
Photoshop doesn't mean you should.

Randy Sluder
"Shoot more, shoot more often."

http://www.pbase.com/randy_sluder
http://www.sluderdesignstudio.com
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Paulo Abreu
http://www.pbase.com/psergio
 
Paulo Abreu wrote:

However, IMHO and don´t intending to minor Atif Ghazi picture, I wouldn´t classify this as a "good photo" (subjective) - I think that he doesn´t consider too...

Then why did Atif write?...

Fantastic! Yes, there are the right colors. Can you please write down the workflow as i have lot of other picture for that day. This will really be helpful.
Thanks for your help Roumen.
AG

I believe Atif was really grateful that Roumen helped him retrieve a missed photo opportunity. And, IMHO...I believe that Roumen did just that, beside I also enjoy abstract sunsets immensely. As a matter of fact, I have several like Atif's in my collection.

When people of varying skills ask for help on this forum, we would do well to encourage instead of saying..."well if I were you, I wouldn't have done it that way, and to prove my point...look what I've done to your photo".

Atif just missed a great photo opportunity, so he tried to salvage what he could and was glad to receive the help. I applaud him for that. IMHO.

Randy Sluder
"Shoot more, shoot more often."

http://www.pbase.com/randy_sluder
http://www.sluderdesignstudio.com
 
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