A little editing trial
Posted by: Rich in Arizona, Digital Photography, Photo of the Day, Photoshop
So, today was a relaxed day. Extremely relaxed, and that’s a plus in my mind. Sure, there were plenty of errands this morning, but by 11:30 I was home doing some minor tidying. That was it.
I did take the time to do another lesson from the 7 point system book. I’ve got to say, it’s worthwhile if you really want to come to terms with Photoshop. As a guy who only used Photoshop to crop and resize photos, and correct glaring color issues, what I’m learning is amazing me. Really, amazing me!
I’ve now learned how layers and masks really work. And the truth is you really can take a mediocre photo and make it a good one. And you can take a good shot and make it great. The examples in today’s post fall somewhere between moderate and good. Not great yet. However, I spent only 5-7 minutes editing to get a few changes. I’m sure you see them.
The sky and surrounding areas in the photo are the same. The Airstream has improved, and almost looks like a fill flash was involved. You really get to see more of the trailer in the second shot. Literally, this adjustment took well under 10 minutes. It’s not a “great” photo, but it’s interesting how easy it is to alter the image and make it look like additional lighting was available.
Whether or not you think it’s super cool is irrelevant. The technique is super cool. And I spent no time on the edit. Sometime this weekend I’ll see what I can really do with this image (I like the image, but wonder if more can come out of it).
On other notes…..
I realized, it was about this time last year that I started climbing again. Nice to think back. Nicer yet, I’m looking forward to another season with Andy & Brooke. Hopefully we’ll keep adding friends to the climbing schedule. Oh, and I’d like more available time to climb…..we’ll have to see about that…..all depends on book sales I suppose…. 
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Hey Rich,
and with Picasa to punch the pics up, I get some pretty good ones.
Enjoying your PhotoShop editing. I can get something similar - really fix up my pics to look much better - with good ole
Picasa. It’s amazing what this free software can do to dark pics or fuzzy pics. I just got a new CanonPowerShot SD870 IS. Pretty neat little camera
Seems you’re doing pretty well out there. It makes me happy to keep up with your blog and know that things are “ok” with you, my friend.
I have to say…after personally witnessing the process of lightening and layering and making this photo pop even more, it IS a really cool technique. And, you achieved so much more in such a little amount of time, I am interested to see what you can do when you give yourself even MORE time to edit this photo…It is a great first time edit…although, it’s making me want to travel in that wonderful Airstream
Hey…Congratulations on resuming your climbing! I’m so happy that it’s climbing season again for you…I think it’s going to be a great year for it