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All I did was: Goto Select/color range and pick with the eyedropper the area I want to adjust. Once done I then adjusted the levels and curves to increase the color in the boats. I also used Fred Mirandas ISO action to remove the noice that is usually in night shots that are lightened...



Hope this has helped. I would probably want to remove some of the blue cast a bit, but this should give you an idea.

--
Dave

http://www.pbase.com/davenit/root
 
Dave Nitsche said:
All I did was: Goto Select/color range and pick with the eyedropper
the area I want to adjust. Once done I then adjusted the levels and
curves to increase the color in the boats. I also used Fred
Mirandas ISO action to remove the noice that is usually in night
shots that are lightened...
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Wow, thanks a lot. I can't believe I've never used that feature before...
dave nitsche said:
Hope this has helped. I would probably want to remove some of the
blue cast a bit, but this should give you an idea.
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Indeed it has!
 
Hello,

As with most things in photoshop there are several ways to do any one thing and many times it can be hard to tell which one is the best way to do it.

Instead of using the select color range and then lightening, I would have converted to lab color, selected the lightness channel, then used the levels display and adjusted the curve to bring out the shadow detail. The same should work for your second photo too. I dont have PS on this computer right now so I cant give step by step directions. I believe this would yield even better results.

Also, were you using any filters on the second shot?
Dean O said:
Dave Nitsche said:
All I did was: Goto Select/color range and pick with the eyedropper
the area I want to adjust. Once done I then adjusted the levels and
curves to increase the color in the boats. I also used Fred
Mirandas ISO action to remove the noice that is usually in night
shots that are lightened...
Click to expand...
Wow, thanks a lot. I can't believe I've never used that feature
before...
Dean O said:
Hope this has helped. I would probably want to remove some of the
blue cast a bit, but this should give you an idea.
Click to expand...
Indeed it has!
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Almost forgot.

I really like the color of the water and the sky in the second one. But I would crop off the bottom half quiet a bit. I personally don't feel that it adds to the photo at all. I like the sillouette of the people though, so maybe instead of bringing out shadow detail in that one just crop it a lot. That's just me though. :)
Dean O said:
Hi there,

I think the following picture would look better if I could brighten
up the boats a touch. I've exhausted my limited Photoshop
abilities thus far and would appreciate any tips...



Here's two more that I liked from the shoot:





Limited comments are here:
http://www.blackbox.ca/DPReviewPics/DPReview.html
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Just because there are a million ways to do things in Photoshop and I've never used the color picker myself, I had brightened it up a touch with layer masks and adjustment layers.



Most of it was just eyeballing settings and I don't have Fred's ISO action, so there's still a bit of grain to clear up. I used a color balance layer set to "Linear Dodge" and a Brightness/Contrast layer set to "screen" with masking around the boats so the sky wasn't affected. Mind, I only spent a couple of minutes, so you could get some spectacular results if you worked on the original for a longer period of time. If you'd like a copy of the PSD to look at, email me and I'll send it along.

Brian
Dave Nitsche said:
All I did was: Goto Select/color range and pick with the eyedropper
the area I want to adjust. Once done I then adjusted the levels and
curves to increase the color in the boats. I also used Fred
Mirandas ISO action to remove the noice that is usually in night
shots that are lightened...



Hope this has helped. I would probably want to remove some of the
blue cast a bit, but this should give you an idea.

--
Dave

http://www.pbase.com/davenit/root
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I tried that, and I liked it as well...

However, I also like how the water line cuts the picture right in the middle... Maybe I'll make two pictures out of it and separate them so no one will notice :)

It's neat how a simple crop changes a picture (for me at least).
Nate Fabro said:
Almost forgot.
I really like the color of the water and the sky in the second one.
But I would crop off the bottom half quiet a bit. I personally
don't feel that it adds to the photo at all. I like the sillouette
of the people though, so maybe instead of bringing out shadow
detail in that one just crop it a lot. That's just me though. :)
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Thanks for the help Nate.

I haven't played much lab color and the lightness channel, but I think that will be my next PS item to learn. I skipped over that in Real World Photoshop as I was getting overloaded, but I think I've had enough time to digest what I've learnt now.

No filter was used on any shot.
Nate Fabro said:
Hello,
As with most things in photoshop there are several ways to do any
one thing and many times it can be hard to tell which one is the
best way to do it.
Instead of using the select color range and then lightening, I
would have converted to lab color, selected the lightness channel,
then used the levels display and adjusted the curve to bring out
the shadow detail. The same should work for your second photo too.
I dont have PS on this computer right now so I cant give step by
step directions. I believe this would yield even better results.

Also, were you using any filters on the second shot?
Click to expand...
 
Just when you think you're getting decent at Photoshop you soon learn how much you really don't know :)

One thing I haven't mentioned is that I already ran Fred's ISO action on it... maybe I don't know how to use it right yet.

If you could forward that PSD to me I'd greatly appreciate it.

thanks!

[email protected]
Brian Watts said:
Just because there are a million ways to do things in Photoshop and
I've never used the color picker myself, I had brightened it up a
touch with layer masks and adjustment layers.



Most of it was just eyeballing settings and I don't have Fred's ISO
action, so there's still a bit of grain to clear up. I used a color
balance layer set to "Linear Dodge" and a Brightness/Contrast layer
set to "screen" with masking around the boats so the sky wasn't
affected. Mind, I only spent a couple of minutes, so you could get
some spectacular results if you worked on the original for a longer
period of time. If you'd like a copy of the PSD to look at, email
me and I'll send it along.
Click to expand...
 
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