Before and After - My efforts

[iManc]

Hello Guys,
Am a relatively new to photography and exploring the finer aspects of it. I have been trying to use photoshop to playaround...here two of them, will load the next couple in the next entry...looking forward for your expert opinions...

Cheers...


London Before

From DPS

London After



Bridge Before

From DPS

Bridge After

[iManc]

Here are the next couple of Images..

HOW I DID IT

I am learning PS on my own...so i did some random changes using the available options to process a RAW File...i changed the highlights, shadows, etc to get a satisfactory image...next time i can give the exact modifications that i did..

Thanks!!!

Owl Before

From DPS

Owl After



Scenery Before

From DPS

Scenery After

[h_ta3kees]

Great touches, wonderful JOB..

[metric_photography]

I actually prefer all your before shots! The first pic of London is amazing, however I do agree that the floating platform thing should be taken out of the image. Have you tried clone stamp or healing tool instead of just cropping it out?

[johnske]

Originally Posted by metric_photography

I actually prefer all your before shots! The first pic of London is amazing, however I do agree that the floating platform thing should be taken out of the image. Have you tried clone stamp or healing tool instead of just cropping it out?

Yes, I prefer all the before shots also.

In the first shot, IMO the image needs an auto contrast adjustment and some of the other things such as the green on the bridge and the brown in the building needs selective colour replacement to change hue, saturation, and brightness to bring these out. For instance, here is your 1st shot before and after taking about 10secs playing on my part, not the best perhaps (overdone), but play around with selective colour replacement yourself and see what you come up with.

[NgaiHill]

Just to go against the flow, I like your after on the first shot. Agreed it needs a little work on contrast etc but the picture looks a lot more dramatic with the work on the sky. I like that you cropped out the barge instead of cloning, I don't think all that water really added to the overall scene.
The last two look better in the before shots but its great that you are experimenting, thats how we learn! Thanks for sharing

[metric_photography]

I wanted to try editting it too! Here are my attempts (I hope I insert these correctly!!)

[metric_photography]

Ahhh I don't know how to put pics in!!

[iManc]

Thank you for the the comments
@Johnske: This has come out really good...this is a perspective that I had not thought of when i was editing it...good information for me...it helps a lot!!

Will try these on the other pics in some time and post them as well..

Cheers!!

[avishek24]

I think your shots and your editing are both great. Good job. I would say if you could somehow reduce/remove the shadow behind the owl, it would look even better.