Subtle Photoshop work - what you think

[scotty328i]

Sharpened

Grass made greener

Wheels lightened up a bit

Colours a bit more vivid and around 20 minutes work

Comments and critisim please

Before



After



You may have to save the image otherwise the pixel compression looks distorted

Thanks

Edited by scotty328i on Tuesday 27th November 13:08

[Dogsey]

Looks pretty good to me, however I think I would have left the car further over to the left as in the original, as it gives a better balance (subject moving into the frame and rule of thirds and all that).

[scotty328i]

Thanks dude

I will play with the original again and see what I can come up with

and another ...



You will have to save this one aswell

sorry

Edited by scotty328i on Tuesday 27th November 13:27

[Dogsey]

Not sure the green border works on that one, and again if possible move the car to the left.

Of course this is just my opinion and as such should be taken with a large pinch of salt!

[JimNotJon]

I Like the green boarder, I guess its a marmite thing.


Good composure on both shots, and the little dabble in photoshop makes the photo more pleasing to the eye, good work.!

[scotty328i]

JimNotJon said:

I Like the green boarder, I guess its a marmite thing.


Good composure on both shots, and the little dabble in photoshop makes the photo more pleasing to the eye, good work.!

Thanks mate

[Chris71]

It's not a criticism of you (one of me perhaps...) but I can't really see a lot of difference between the first and second shots barring changing the composition. I am however colour blind.

The other picture I thought was superb though - very good indeed.

[scotty328i]

Chris71 said:

It's not a criticism of you (one of me perhaps...) but I can't really see a lot of difference between the first and second shots barring changing the composition. I am however colour blind.

The other picture I thought was superb though - very good indeed.

There is more contrast

The image is sharper

check out the grass of each pic

Thanks for the commments as well!!

[Conian]

The grass looks fake, gives it a kind of 'gran tourismo' kind of look to it.
Leave the grass as is and let the car do the talking.

[stigmundfreud]

scotty328i said:

Thanks dude

I will play with the original again and see what I can come up with

and another ...



You will have to save this one aswell

sorry

Edited by scotty328i on Tuesday 27th November 13:27

get rid of that horrid distraction in the top left corner, clone it out!

As for the first one, like what you did to the wheels! what did you do to the wheels?

[scotty328i]

Have a look at both - if you have a big monitor you can see them both on the same page - the first look too dark

the 2nd pic they are lighter

These were subtle changes people not bodykits and different backgrounds!!!

[stigmundfreud]

I still think you need to clone that little bit of debris out of the 3rd pic, top leftmost corner

[scotty328i]

Stig - especially for you

Now what you think ...

[stigmundfreud]

now all it needs is a touch of black and white and say, ummm, a young scally jumping through the window of a demolished building

Much prefer the edit, my eye was always drawn to that area otherwise

[scotty328i]

Good stuff

I was thinking about getting them printed as I like them but its frames and they aren't exactly cheap!

[stigmundfreud]

scotty328i said:

Good stuff

I was thinking about getting them printed as I like them but its frames and they aren't exactly cheap!

My good man, go and look at Ikea for frames. It depends what you are after but I regularly do a4 and a3 size prints and place inside ikea (Ribba) frames. They include mount so you can print larger if you need. The frames for the price are nice, look good too.

If going posersize though, no idea

[scotty328i]

A4 size is perfect

how much from the key of I?

Thanks

[stigmundfreud]

7 quid I think for the a4 capable frames and 10 for the A3. Sounds cheap? They dont look or feel cheap

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Ikea...

Edited by stigmundfreud on Tuesday 27th November 16:45

[scotty328i]

stigmundfreud said:

7 quid I think for the a4 capable frames and 10 for the A3. Sounds cheap? They dont look or feel cheap

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Ikea...

Edited by stigmundfreud on Tuesday 27th November 16:45

Thanks

I will go and pick some up tommorow if they have any in stock

Star!!

Oh and I have never printed my pics off before - Do I take off the SWM photography bit or leave it on??

Edited by scotty328i on Tuesday 27th November 16:53

[stigmundfreud]

they do a nice black one with white mount, I think that will look nice with your pictures.

Compared to what you would pay for similar elsewhere, I dont think you can go wrong.