Processing, before and after comparison.

[V-Spec]

Recently bought a copy of "Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers" and have found it very enlightening, i've always used photoshop since version 5 all those years ago, even so i've always been a pretty basic user and I think many people around here will run rings around me, that said i've been applying some of what i've read to my images in more than just levels and cloning out dust/bits.. Just wondering what peoples thoughts are on the following comparison..

Shot at Burghley, ISO 200, F2.8, 1/1600sec, RAW.

Completley unedited, converted only to JPG and cropped ever so slightly.


Before:

After:

 

[hybrid]

I like that. The colours stand out a lot more and the cloning has worked quite well.

I have the CS2 version of that book too. It's quite good.

 

[GSXRMovistar]

Much better the colours are more vibrant and the main dog stands out so much more in the edited version.

 

[^^Gord^^]

Indeed the colours are much better (even on this poor uncalibrate excuse of a TFT I have at work). Nice work on cloning out the horse (?) in the back ground.

Did you sharpen it? I'm having a hard time telling if you did, the 300 f/2.8 is so sharp. The reason I ask is the dog's right ear against the grass with the shallow DoF distracts me from the dog's face. Softening that part of the photo would improve it further imho.

 

[cyclopopcicle]

to me it the white bits look to have lost detail, ie, tail, snout, and legs

 

[Messiah Khan]

to me it the white bits look to have lost detail, ie, tail, snout, and legs

Your monitor needs calibrating then as I can see all the detail still there. Good work V-Spec. Its nicely processed, bringing out the best parts of the shot without being over the top.

 

[V-Spec]

Thanks for the comments guys,

This was done on a calibrated display so i'm reasonably confident for printing, that said, i'm looking at this from my rubbish work TFT and it does appear the whites are a tad blown out.
I haven't done any sharpening, but I did modify the midtone contrast, curves and highlights, messed around with a few layers and other bits that I read..
The main reason I picked that shot is that it had an overall orange/yellow tint to it, its not so obvious on an uncalibrated display but at home it was getting on my nerves...

 

[Sic]

yeah, the whites look blown here, too but that's because this monitor hasn't been calibrated I guess. I'm glad you're finally coming round to processing

 

[Mark A]

I can see all the detail on the second pic that there is on the first pic but the colours look more vibrant and sharper.

Looks a lot better but id be tempted to knock the brightness down slightly if it was mine. The front leg draws my eye to it due to it being so bright, but that could just be my monitor.

 

[adamph]

Great picture + looks fine on both my work monitors (am one of those lucky people who have dual 22in widescreen monitors for my job )