Moody rocks.

[mechsympathy]

Here's a pic I took in the peak district at the weekend. I've played about a bit and I'm quite chuffed. It's as good as I'd hoped for, but I'd appreciate any comments.



And if you fancy playing yourself, the original is here too (I think it needs a more imposing sky...)

[Phil S]

I get a great photo of nothing!

[mechsympathy]

I can see it, and I'm on the work computer now Here are the links anyhow.

www.hankscorpio.com/publicgallery/_albums/allpics/RockB_W.jpg

www.hankscorpio.com/publicgallery/_albums/allpics/Rock.jpg

[bilko2]

Great effort Mech, I think it needs something to give it a bit of scale. Also a focal point as it seems to merge a bit. I can definately see where you were going though

[lake]

Hi,

here is my attempt at a more dramatic sky..



Very quickly done I might add..

Lake

[bilko2]

That's good, what a transformation.

[lake]

Here is another take on my theme.



Lake

[HankScorpio]

mmmhhh, server issues to be resolved later, sorry.

Use these links meantime:

www.hankscorpio.com/publicgallery/allpics/Rock
www.hankscorpio.com/publicgallery/allpics/RockB_W

[mechsympathy]

bilko2 said:

Great effort Mech, I think it needs something to give it a bit of scale. Also a focal point as it seems to merge a bit. I can definately see where you were going though

What do you mean by focal point? I don't mean to be impertinent (especially as I'm not sure I can spell it) but what sort of thing are you thinking of?


LakeNice.

[thunderstruck]

lake said:

Hi, here is my attempt at a more dramatic sky.. Lake

Nice - how did you do that?

[lake]

thunderstruck said:

lake said: Hi, here is my attempt at a more dramatic sky.. Lake Nice - how did you do that?

Tools: Photoshop (as always )

1) I started with 2 images, the original from mechsympathy and one I had from a seascape from the maldives taken at sun set.

2) using the original I created a new layer, then using the magic wand selected all the sky. Then used select -> feather to not make it to harsh, then deleted the old sky

3) Added a new layer behind the rock layer and pasted in my new sky background. Then added a small amount of gaussian blur to soffen a little.

4) Used the burn tool to dull down the rock in order to give the impression of sunset.

5) But of blur to soffen the edges a bit.

6) Added some saturation and levels adjustment to bring out the reds and yellows in the grass

7) Cropped

8) Add border

Thats about it.

Hope this helps... Any more questions just ask.

Lake

[mechsympathy]

lake said:

1) I started with 2 images, the original from mechsympathy and one I had from a seascape from the maldives taken at sun set.

I've just noticed the sea in the background of the second one. Brilliant (The rock is on top of the Roaches, at 1500ft)

[joust]

All in Photoshop.

"More impact" (warning - you may or may not like this, but you can play!)

Auto Levels
Select Sky using magic wand, tolerance 30, continous, click on sky & clouds until all done.
Select.. Contract.. 1
Select.. Feather.. 3
Image, Adjust, Variations
"More Blue" 5 times
gives this


Then, OptikVerve "Landscape" filter (www.optikvervelabs.com/) gives this


And finally

Auto Levels
Crop
Set background to black
Increase canvas size by +20 pixels
OptikVerve "Mountain" filter



The selection creates artifacts due to working on such a small image - you can obviously play with the full size one and get the selection much better!

J

[lake]

mechsympathy said:

lake said: 1) I started with 2 images, the original from mechsympathy and one I had from a seascape from the maldives taken at sun set. I've just noticed the sea in the background of the second one. Brilliant (The rock is on top of the Roaches, at 1500ft)

And who said the camera never lies?

Lake

[Wacky Racer]

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