Ok, you've gone out and captured the photograph you want, but it still doesn't look good enough - so what do you do?
Well, with me, I try and use filters onboard my camera where I can, but sometimes its still doesn't work out so I have to adjust/manipulate the image using Photoshop. Below is a before and after of a temple at Rievaulx Terraces, North Yorkshire.
Unfortunately for me, the sun was in completely the wrong place, but I still took the photo and hoped I could rectify the problem when I got home.
As you can see from the first image, the stonework is still bleached out, but the second more has more distinct features. My solution was to use a plug-in filter for Photoshop called Creative Efex - and the filter called Tonal Contrast.
Apart from the masonary work, I also did a little "cloning" work using Photoshop. A tutorial on this will follow in the next day or two if you would like to have a go yourself.
Mark
Mark White Landscape Photography
http://www.digital-creativity.co.uk/
Been a little quiet on the Blog Front this past week, been out lots with the camera - one location inlcuded Holy Island, in Northumbria - beautiful place.
Out with the camera today experimenting & generally having fun with some low light and having the camera on complete manual - used ND & Grad filters, but for a change, any post processing work was tweaking Levels and Curves - going to have to do this technique more often!
Did three different locations today, the first being Bylands Abbey, the next a neighbouring village called Coxwold, and then in a spur of the moment thing, I climbed Roseberry Topping.
Well, today didn't go as planned ! Joined the English Heritage yesterday, and was hoping to get out to Whitby Abbey and Helmsley for some great spring photographs.
Yesterday (Saturday 10 April) I had my first photograph published in the "Weekender" - pull-out supplement of The Times !!!