Tiny car

[Joshua86]

Hi, I took this photo on the street one night, and I liked it as it was but I wanted to emphasise the car so I took two layers of the same picture in photoshop, adjusted the levels in one to make the car colours nice and shiny, while with the other I made it a little darker and more 'grainy', then I masked them together.
I want to know if there would be any way to achieve this same effect, but better?
Thankyou in advance
Josh



Exif - Canon 1000D, f/3.5, exp 1/8sec, ISO-800, no flash.

[Trader]

Is that any better? I added a high pass filter:

Copy the background layer and turn off the copy. To the original layer, add Filter, Other, High Pass... Change the Radius to 75.0 and click [OK]. Go back to the copied layer and change the blending mode to Overlay and there you are.

[Joshua86]

I'd prefer to not have grainy texture, in fact it would be cool if the effect could be achieved while at the same time looking as though it hadn't been processed...
I don't know if that's possible!

[charlotteinkennesaw]

Joshua,

could you try blending the two together? I like the brightness and color of the second one but it is a little too much in my humble opinion.

charlotte

[castman]

The high pass filter works until you notice the more modern car behind it. my $.02