Post processing images - The final step to getting that awesome click

[nikku_hot123]

I need little help here..

i have a pic but i am not able to fix it. As i am not that good at PP. can somebody help me, Specially fixing the blown out sky.

here is the link to download the pic.
Download

i am posting here as per suggestion given in photo projects thread.

 

[nac]

I tried, but couldn't get details from the sky.

*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/IMG_2289_zps00da4dfa.gif

 

[nikku_hot123]

It's nice , better than my version. and yes sky detail is totally lost. what about patching with external sky?

 

[nac]

Yeah, you can do that.
It looked little better against darker background.

 

[axelzdly1]

Tip : Capture underexposed or use bracketing in those situations. Shadows can be brightened but highlight cant be.

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*farm4.staticflickr.com/3913/14858834629_0b2f54753b_c.jpg

 

[marvelousprashant]

I m back... final exams are over... n there seems to be lots of images that need some PP B-)

Re purple tint: There is nothing purple in the image itself so you can safely reduce saturation of purple in LR I guess?

 

[marvelousprashant]

Any tutorials on this type of editing or what is it known as?

*144.142.232.60/frominsidethebox/supernatural-season-9-poster-dean.jpg

Dont need the light and the smoke, just the face texture etc

 

[nac]

It doesn't seem like lot of PP have done in his face to get that texture.

 

[anirbandd]

that pic is similar to that of battlefield 3 poster PP.

google for: "battlefield 3 poster effect photoshop"

 

[Cyanide]

Took below pic while going to Pune (at Lonavala)

*screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/90922

My first attempt in post-processing (used picasa)

 

[kaz]

[MENTION=125148]Cyanide[/MENTION] looks nice
May be you should use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for post processing and upload it on flickr

 

[izzikio_rage]

Well actually I've seen a couple of people who have amazing images and use only picasa for editing. Its mostly about how you use it and of course how good the base image was

Awesome shot cyanide, waiting for some more and perhaps some raw files as well

 

[Cyanide]

Thank you [MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] and [MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION].

I find picasa very easy to edit pics in short span of time.

@rage: raw as in original pic, right? I'll upload it soon.

 

[sujoyp]

just to revive this thread..here is by one of the butterfly shot...see what u can change to make it beautiful

*copy.com/A6mZisCq6NRqzQYd

 

[ithehappy]

Guys I am a super amateur to this post processing / editing stuffs, so which guide should I follow? I have Lightroom since I have started using computers but never ever opened it, LOL.
I don't need to know much, just some basic stuffs, mostly I need to know how to brighten up an image, I mean the areas which don't have much light or are in shadows. I have seen the YouTube video which is posted on first page, anything else?

TIA.

 

[sujoyp]

ithehappy I am using topaz editing package now...its much easier ...but truth is you can not learn editing with that...try it

 

[marvelousprashant]

Guys I am a super amateur to this post processing / editing stuffs, so which guide should I follow? I have Lightroom since I have started using computers but never ever opened it, LOL.
I don't need to know much, just some basic stuffs, mostly I need to know how to brighten up an image, I mean the areas which don't have much light or are in shadows. I have seen the YouTube video which is posted on first page, anything else?

TIA.

In Lightroom, increasing exposure will brighten the whole image, increasing shadows will brighten the darker parts, Try it

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*i.imgur.com/ppi2stYl.jpg

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2 raw images from my side...
*db.tt/cUbq2NWN
*db.tt/RbCweqTp

 

[sujoyp]

nice one prashant

 

[nac]

*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/DSC_5437_zps79543c9f.jpg

Wow!!! Both me and Prashant got the same crop.

I will try Prashant's after diwali holidays.

Happy and safe diwali guys...

 

[izzikio_rage]

cool shots... looking forward to some really cool shots from Diwali