photoshop (maybe?) question

[will pattison]

burning question....if you go to the thread called "will, here's your keepers" and scroll down to the shot of ryan verymoto, it's like BAM! the colors are awesom.

so then, look at where emile posts the exif data. the thumbnail really looks much less vibrant.

how did he do that???

is it just amping the saturation in photoshop?

wp.

 

[Okiewan]

IMHO ....
First, the thumbnail is likely compressed big time and thus the losses.
Second, perfect focus. Third, shooting in that light tends to make color saturate, harsh sun gives a ton of contrast, versus cloudy/overcast's color. DOF is great and nothing distracting in the background also makes it pop.

Fourth, he's damn good. And yes, there likely some PS sharpening, levels, curves, etc.

 

[Squid31]

burning question....if you go to the thread called "will, here's your keepers" and scroll down to the shot of ryan verymoto, it's like BAM! the colors are awesom.

so then, look at where emile posts the exif data. the thumbnail really looks much less vibrant.

how did he do that???

is it just amping the saturation in photoshop?

wp.

Thanks Will, glad you liked the photo. You can view a whole whack more here http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v373/squid31/Red Bud 2006/

The thumbnail is a pretty good indication of what the photo looked like straight out of the camera. I have a few tricks that I do, like mess with the levels, curves, saturation, sharpening, and my secret weapon, the selective color tool. This lets you mess with certain colors without changing others. I also have an action called "Digital Velvia" that works wonders.
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[Okiewan]

Schweet. Excellent crop too btw. Thanks for posting.

 

[Chili]

I also have an action called "Digital Velvia" that works wonders.

You still have my e-mail addy right? :nod:

 

[Okiewan]

I must confess, I ran straight to FM and bought it :p

 

[will pattison]

SELECTIVE COLOR!!! yeah, baby, THAT is what i must have. i'm guessing, though, that i have to get ps because ps elements doesn't seem to have it.

is digitial velvia a plug in for ps or a stand alone?

thanks a LOT for the info. as a beginner, i'm struggling to learn how much comes out of the camera and how much is digital darkroom.

and, btw.....yo shizzle rocks, my nizzle! pro level moto-foto, for sure.

wp.

 

[Okiewan]

Yeah, selective color lets ya bring out the real deal....

 

[will pattison]

nice! that actually looks pretty good - maybe no fear should make that an 07 colorway.

wp.

 

[biglou]

Anyone care to tell which buttons to mash, and in which order, for this selective color thing? Yeah, I know all the info's out there, I just need time to discover it all on my own...

 

[sick 96 250]

Selective color in photoshop is under Image/Adjustments/selective color. Is that what you needed Biglou?

 

[biglou]

lol, it could be that easy, I guess. I've just never noticed it before. I'll have to check when I get home. Thanks!

 

[Squid31]

I must confess, I ran straight to FM and bought it :p

I didn't get my version from there, but would love to give it a whirl.

 

[Okiewan]

Got MAC?

 

[Squid31]

Nope, PC

 

[Kawidude]

Just remember not to get too heavy-handed with Photoshop stuff the first time you try it. It's fairly easy to get carried away with PS stuff.

 

[biglou]

I'm going to try to brighten up the greens in my 'poto shot when I get home today.

http://www.441designs.com/gallery/red_bud_06/finalists/IMG_7657.JPG

 

[Kawidude]

I gave it a quick tweaking Lou (hope you don't mind). I used the Selective Color and then upped the Saturation of the greens a little bit. Play around with it and have some fun! The digital velvia would have done a better job of it, but it's just a quick tweak.

 

[biglou]

I may get to play with this more later, but for now, here's 2 minutes worth of work... Before and after. I think I overdid it on the selective thing, lol!

 

[Okiewan]

See what you guys did to the red banners? Come on hosers, you can do better. :p