So I was bored just now, and decided to go through all the un-used photos from a trip I took a while back with a bunch of architecture shots taken in San Francisco, several of which I've posted here
Anyway, to cure my boredom, I decided I was going to go all out in Photoshop and get some crazy looking picture. Here's what I started with.
Just a basic shot (not in RAW unfortunately) taken with my lovely 10-22mm.
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Exposure:0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture:f/5.6
Focal Length:10 mm
ISO Speed:100
Then I went crazy.
-First I used a lomo action I found linked on this forum somewhere, I can't seem to find it again. I'll edit if I come across it.
-Anyways, I thought it was a little too saturated so I made a duplicate layer and desaturated it. To get some nicer tones, I took the desaturated layer opacity down to about 80 and the fill to about 60.
-It was looking a little bright in the sky, especially the top right corner, so I made another duplicate layer and used the Apply Image adjustment and masked in different parts across the image.
-Lastly, the pillars were looking a bit bland so I took the dodge brush on Highlights at hardness 0 and opacity 50, and brushed on different parts.
-To add contrast to them I took the burn tool on shadows at 20% and 0 hardness and darkened the edges and some other places.
I'm almost certain I've forgotten a few steps, but that's the gist of it.
Here's the results:
Pretty ridiculous as far as traditionalism huh?
I hope you guys enjoy this is much as I did!