A Winding Road

AquilaEagle · 31-12-2005, 13:59

I took this on our "Wooly Bollard Tour" of the Highlands in Scotland back in September. Not cropped or anything. Would be interested in your comments

Venomator · 31-12-2005, 14:04

Good shot with great depth and a lovely place to take it ... lack of foreground interest maybe ?

digitalfailure · 31-12-2005, 14:12

It's a nice image, if a little flat.

A little Ps work might pep up the colours and give it a warmer feeling.

apart from that, it just needs my car blasting down

GfK · 31-12-2005, 14:19

Just to add to whats already been said - it appears that the horizon is 1-2 degrees off level.

CT · 31-12-2005, 14:37

I've seen this shot before Ian, and I like it as you know. It's a good shot, nicely composed with the horizon on a horizontal third. I really like the way the road changes angles and carries your eye into the distance. Some foreground interest would have really added to the great feeling of depth and alleviated the rather empty foreground.

It would really come out with some good editing. You might get lucky if one our landscape geezers get tempted by it.

AquilaEagle · 31-12-2005, 17:03

Thanks folks. I agree, it needs something in the foreground, but at the time the coo's were over to the left somewhere!

Here is is with the colours auto adjusted.... ?

Arkady · 01-01-2006, 10:02

A good place to start, needs some tweaking though. Darken the sky about 80% for a start and do something with the saturation.

Matty · 01-01-2006, 10:09

i would have a go at it in a similar way to Kencos processing, the image is ok but the light on the day let you down, give some 'ken' and make it stand out!

AquilaEagle · 01-01-2006, 10:09

How would I darken the sky in CS2?

And what should I do with the saturation, erm and how?

AquilaEagle · 01-01-2006, 10:09

what is kenco processing?

Matty · 01-01-2006, 10:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by AquilaEagle

what is kenco processing?

search for user Kenco1974(i think) and look at his shots, somewhere he says what hes used to get the effect..(not much help am i, lol)

KenCo1964 · 01-01-2006, 10:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matty

search for user Kenco1974(i think)

Thanks that makes me feel 10 years younger!

Matty · 01-01-2006, 10:20

ah here he is, tell him Ken! (look, its early ok?)

Arkady · 01-01-2006, 10:22

There's several ways - one is to select the sky area and make a second layer from the selection, then darken through levels or curves.
Another is to make another layer and add a graduated tint (17% grey or something) and adjust the opacity of the layer til it looks right.
Or a combination of the two.

There's really no one 'right' way of doing things in Photoshop - there's at least 5 or 6 ways of doing almost everything - personal preference comes into it a lot.
In fact there's as many ways of doing things as there are photographers, as we all do things slightly differently.
Experiment and find what works best for you.

AquilaEagle · 01-01-2006, 10:23

Thanks, Arkady, I just needed a pointer to start me off - I'll play

KenCo1964 · 01-01-2006, 10:30

I'm in no way saying this is the correct way to process your pic, just the way I do things. So all I did was to auto levels and colour, small amount of shadow and highlight, adjusted gamma (in exposure) by +3 selective colour black +1 and neutral+3, brightness and contrast -3 & +3...then sharpened. All in cs2. Working on an image this size though is hard as it's only 34kb.

Hope that helps a little.
Ken.

AquilaEagle · 01-01-2006, 10:32

Cheers Ken, I will have to follow that slowly using the original, which is much bigger

KenCo1964 · 01-01-2006, 10:41

Sharpening....I always use the save for web action downloaded from this site....think it's in the tutorial section by Matt. (TPFAction). I'd also straighten the horizon.

Boon · 01-01-2006, 11:06

looks so much better now, just add one of those nice black borders to it, and shazzam, its done.
stevannie

31-12-2005, 13:59	#1 (permalink)
AquilaEagle Been here a while Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herts, UK Posts: 311	A Winding Road I took this on our "Wooly Bollard Tour" of the Highlands in Scotland back in September. Not cropped or anything. Would be interested in your comments

01-01-2006, 10:22	#14 (permalink)
Arkady Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aldershot, Hampshire Posts: 1,198	There's several ways - one is to select the sky area and make a second layer from the selection, then darken through levels or curves. Another is to make another layer and add a graduated tint (17% grey or something) and adjust the opacity of the layer til it looks right. Or a combination of the two. There's really no one 'right' way of doing things in Photoshop - there's at least 5 or 6 ways of doing almost everything - personal preference comes into it a lot. In fact there's as many ways of doing things as there are photographers, as we all do things slightly differently. Experiment and find what works best for you. __________________ "When I hold a camera, I Know no fear..." Alfred Eisenstadt Nikon D2x Bodies x2 14mm f/2.8 Sigma; 17-24mm f/2.8 Nikkor; 28-80mm f/2.8 Nikkor; 24-85mm f/2.8-4 Nikkor; 80-200mm f/2.8 Nikkor; 300mm f/2.8 Nikkor; 600mm f/4 Nikkor SB-800 Flash x2

31-12-2005, 14:04	#2 (permalink)
Venomator Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 922	Good shot with great depth and a lovely place to take it ... lack of foreground interest maybe ?

31-12-2005, 14:12	#3 (permalink)
digitalfailure Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: on the floor Posts: 694	It's a nice image, if a little flat. A little Ps work might pep up the colours and give it a warmer feeling. apart from that, it just needs my car blasting down

31-12-2005, 14:19	#4 (permalink)
GfK Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 861	Just to add to whats already been said - it appears that the horizon is 1-2 degrees off level.

31-12-2005, 14:37	#5 (permalink)
CT Feet under the table Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Mids UK Posts: 3,500	I've seen this shot before Ian, and I like it as you know. It's a good shot, nicely composed with the horizon on a horizontal third. I really like the way the road changes angles and carries your eye into the distance. Some foreground interest would have really added to the great feeling of depth and alleviated the rather empty foreground. It would really come out with some good editing. You might get lucky if one our landscape geezers get tempted by it.

31-12-2005, 17:03	#6 (permalink)
AquilaEagle Been here a while Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herts, UK Posts: 311	Thanks folks. I agree, it needs something in the foreground, but at the time the coo's were over to the left somewhere! Here is is with the colours auto adjusted.... ?

01-01-2006, 10:02	#7 (permalink)
Arkady Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Aldershot, Hampshire Posts: 1,198	A good place to start, needs some tweaking though. Darken the sky about 80% for a start and do something with the saturation.

01-01-2006, 10:09	#8 (permalink)
Matty Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: kings hill Posts: 5,269	i would have a go at it in a similar way to Kencos processing, the image is ok but the light on the day let you down, give some 'ken' and make it stand out!

01-01-2006, 10:09	#9 (permalink)
AquilaEagle Been here a while Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herts, UK Posts: 311	How would I darken the sky in CS2? And what should I do with the saturation, erm and how?

01-01-2006, 10:09	#10 (permalink)
AquilaEagle Been here a while Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herts, UK Posts: 311	what is kenco processing?

01-01-2006, 10:20	#13 (permalink)
Matty Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: kings hill Posts: 5,269	ah here he is, tell him Ken! (look, its early ok?)

01-01-2006, 10:23	#15 (permalink)
AquilaEagle Been here a while Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herts, UK Posts: 311	Thanks, Arkady, I just needed a pointer to start me off - I'll play

01-01-2006, 10:30	#16 (permalink)
KenCo1964 Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Co. Durham England Posts: 1,069	I'm in no way saying this is the correct way to process your pic, just the way I do things. So all I did was to auto levels and colour, small amount of shadow and highlight, adjusted gamma (in exposure) by +3 selective colour black +1 and neutral+3, brightness and contrast -3 & +3...then sharpened. All in cs2. Working on an image this size though is hard as it's only 34kb. Hope that helps a little. Ken.

01-01-2006, 10:32	#17 (permalink)
AquilaEagle Been here a while Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herts, UK Posts: 311	Cheers Ken, I will have to follow that slowly using the original, which is much bigger

01-01-2006, 10:41	#18 (permalink)
KenCo1964 Forum Regular Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Co. Durham England Posts: 1,069	Sharpening....I always use the save for web action downloaded from this site....think it's in the tutorial section by Matt. (TPFAction). I'd also straighten the horizon.

01-01-2006, 11:06	#19 (permalink)
Boon Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Robin Hood County Posts: 523	looks so much better now, just add one of those nice black borders to it, and shazzam, its done. stevannie