January 14, 2008

Day 15- PhotoShop before and after

Before- with resizing and frame, only. 1/500, 4.5, ISO 200. 5D, 100mm lens.



After. In layers, I lightened, added a screen light layer at a low opacity, and ran defog at 20, 60, 3.

I wish I could edit my Raw file, the exposure is better than the jpeg version. Waiting for DH to help me download the plugin for PS to recognize my new camera. Oh, well.

TFL, and as always, thank you for all the feedback!

28 comments:

pakosta said...

wow, that is amazing!
just LOVE IT!
tara

pakosta said...

wow, that is amazing!
just LOVE IT!
tara

Toni said...

The snow is beautiful! Love it! Toni

Anonymous said...

Love that second one! Great work!
Cari

Bobbi said...

Beautiful edit, I really love the feel of this photo.

Kristi said...

The second image is just GORGEOUS!! It's making me want some snow to photograph!

Michelle said...

what a beautiful shot! i love how you pp'd it.

Sharon said...

Both are wonderful but I prefer the first.

Liz said...

Beautiful PSing, I think you made the snow pop and the trees stand out so much more than the original.

lcp said...

Looks like my area this morning! Great job brightening it up. I wonder what it would look like without the fire hydrant?

pat said...

Wow--that really brightened it up. Now you notice the fire hydrant. Nice work!

For Over 29 Years... said...

Beautiful, I love how you can just make out the red in the hydrant. Good job!

Teri said...

Im so jealous, wish we would get snow like this but Ca never gets cold enough :). I like how you made it look so much better.

Cherie said...

very nice edit and compostion like the bit of red in all that white snow!

April said...

that's a great shot..it looks really pretty.

April said...

that's a great shot..it looks really pretty.

Lauren Hartman said...

Sara, that is lovely! I like how you lightened it, but still maintained the details and also the gray-coolness of the original!

Debbi said...

Really pretty scene and I love the depth (not sure if that's the right word) in the edited picture. You can really see the detail of the branches and snow on the trees.

Kristen said...

I love great snow pictures, this is one of my favorites now!

Tomboymama said...

Lovely picture. I love when the snow sticks to the trees like that. Nice edit, it really brightened it up.

Tori said...

Very pretty! It looks very quiet and serene....

Patti said...

such a beautiful peaceful image

Mandy said...

Very beautiful Sweetie! I love the PP version...you did such a wonderful job. Your snow still looks all white...our is kind of brownish now. I am jealous.

Becky said...

I like the way you brightened this up. I didn't even notice the fire hydrant in the before photo.

April Michelle said...

what a cool shot (pun intended) - looks so cold there

Danielle said...

beautiful shot.

Val said...

Great edit!

Anonymous said...

Nice edit Cool picture