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trishw78 · 11-05-2009 9:09am #1

this might be one of those Guy Gowan things, but for the life of me I can't bring back the detail of the headland. Or does the detail need to be broght back???

Paulw · 11-05-2009 9:22am

Personally, I don't think it needs to be brought back.

There is enough detail in the stones in the foreground, and brilliant colour in the sky, so the land in the middle is just an aside.

Just my thoughts.

Fajitas! · 11-05-2009 9:27am

What's in the RAW?

Could you bring it back in another file and work it in using an adjustment layer?

trishw78 · 11-05-2009 9:54am

It was shot in RAW it's one of the ones I took yesterday with Panhour (sorry I had to crop you out of the right)

I was trying to use adjustment layers last night but it just drove me dulally

AnCatDubh · 11-05-2009 9:57am

Even in the jpg attached there is a small bit of detail in there which a bit of selective dodge will bring up. While I don't think it particularly needs it (as in the image stands on its own), on the linked image a bit of dodge certainly lifts the background piece a bit and interestingly pulls some complementary colour/shading when you do it - almost looks like it being soaked in the evening sun. Not sure if the same effect will be there on something much larger that you would print though where you get to see the detail much better. Worth a go though. Nice image too.

Fajitas! · 11-05-2009 9:59am

Has there been much work done on the above?

Re-open the RAW, bring down the blacks to 0, see what detail is there - Bring up the exposure a wee bit, and see if you can get any more out. Export, copy, and paste into Photoshop, put and adjustment mask onto the layer, fill in black, and using a light white paintbrush on the adjustment mask, bring in the detail, slowly but surely

trishw78 · 11-05-2009 10:00am

I'm just a finding the blackness of the headland a bit unsettling... I like the shot maybe it'll grow on me but I'll try the doging later.

Kintarō Hattori · 11-05-2009 10:23am

Fajitas! wrote: »

Has there been much work done on the above?

Re-open the RAW, bring down the blacks to 0, see what detail is there - Bring up the exposure a wee bit, and see if you can get any more out. Export, copy, and paste into Photoshop, put and adjustment mask onto the layer, fill in black, and using a light white paintbrush on the adjustment mask, bring in the detail, slowly but surely

I have so so much to learn, you just made my heart sink a little...........

Panhour · 11-05-2009 11:47am

Its lovely Trish, +1 to Fajitas! or use adjustment layers with a mask around the areas you want to bring back, It may not need too much though.

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