Processing dreary photos, any help?

Scam · 26 Oct 2006 at 17:14

I've got a lot of dreary grey photos of Hong Kong and just wondering whether or not i should waste my time processing many of them. Although my family would like to see all the happy snaps anyway. What do you think of what i've done (on the right..

)? I know the sky is fairly purple, but at least the water and everything else looks a bit more vibrant? :confused:

A Hong Kong thread will follow shortly, however theyre all a bit dire and i seem to be spending my time really rescuing photos that could have been :\

FranchiseJuan · 26 Oct 2006 at 17:33

Making by numbers

Exposure Blending (or HDR or similar if you shot in RAW).

Velvia Vision (off the Adobe website).

Try these.

Scam · 26 Oct 2006 at 20:15

Thanks, that first link looks good.

I actually used a level mask and saturation mask layers to bring out the sky and the colour in the water, plus other usual stuff. I was kinda after crit on my output so far? Does it look like too much? Am i trying to polish a turd?

cyKey · 26 Oct 2006 at 20:45

http://www.photojojo.com/content/tutorials/five-minute-photo-fix/

themask70 · 27 Oct 2006 at 19:53

cyKey said:
http://www.photojojo.com/content/tutorials/five-minute-photo-fix/

Just thought i'd say that everyone should have a look at this, it's great!