Finally figured out how to sharpen up my images when I shrink them down!! I'm not much with photo software. Here is the mountain one again, I had to repost because the last one was pretty embarrassing. This one doesn't look like my lens had Saran Wrap over it! Hope it looks better.
Posted by Lance Warley on July 19, 2007 at 12:43 PM
This is a stunning picture, Eric. I'm probably the least skilled photographer in the entire forum, so please take this question with a large grain of salt, but I gotta ask - did you try lightening up the foreground just a bit? I wonder if it would add even more depth to an already great picture. it looks like the large rock has some interesting details that perhaps could be revealed a bit more.
I love this picture.
Posted by Eric Peterson on July 19, 2007 at 12:51 PM
Thanks Lance. I did lighten the foreground from the original but I have had trouble when I shrink the images down to post. I just figured out how to sharpen them but I'm still losing a little detail, color, and brightness when they are shrunk down. I don't have photoshop so I use the editing software that came with my camera (photostudio). And don't say you're not skilled!! The only person that needs to think an image looks good is the one behind the camera, and anyways you have some great shots in your gallery. Thanks again
Posted by Lance Warley on July 19, 2007 at 1:26 PM
If you wish, I'd luv for you to send me the jpg and I'll give it a try. I use PS Elements, not big PS, but it can still do the trick.
I think the technical name for what we're talking about is High Definition Range, but I was doing it manually in Elements before I heard of HDR, and I'm sure many others were too.
Lance, HDR in Photoshop stands for High Dynamic Range and it has only been available in Photoshop for about the last two or three releases so just a short time ago you had to do it manually anyway even in the full version of Photoshop. I've been using Photoshop back to about version 4 or 5 and I'm still learning!
This is much better. The darker foreground doesn't bother me at all. In fact, this is how the scene would appear if I were actually standing there. If anything, I would burn the sky just a tad. Great job!
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6 repliesI love this picture.
I think the technical name for what we're talking about is High Definition Range, but I was doing it manually in Elements before I heard of HDR, and I'm sure many others were too.
This is much better. The darker foreground doesn't bother me at all. In fact, this is how the scene would appear if I were actually standing there. If anything, I would burn the sky just a tad. Great job!
thanks for the offer but I am actually getting PSE5 for my birthday next week so hopefully I will be able to experiment with it. Thanks again!