A "before & after" thread?

pearljamfan

ive only just got elements so had a go at this today. took me ages! and i quite like it! go easy on me...
( its an 8mp cameraphone )

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after

raveni

Dublin_Gunner

Apologies for largish images

Took a few pics on Saturday in the Botanic Gardens (from my Nokia x6, had no camera with me).

Original


Hue saturation, Lense blur, added vignette, small bit of dodging and burning, overlayed a grungy texture and added a little noise to achieve a sort of oldish 70's photo look

Then took this a little further by adding a b&w layer, increased the lense blur adding a bit more spec highlights, dodge on hair to brighten it a little, and a hue/saturation adjustment. Make it look sort of like an old video camera frame grab or something.


I love old look effects

challengemaster

*bump*

Decided to try "product" photography yesterday

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After


Dodgy iphone photo of the setup I was using



Was all lit with continuous lights (ie. the only two lights in the room :pac:)

MrPudding

So this is the first thing I did when I got PS. I always loved this picture, but there was quite a bit of unsightly clutter.






All I have done here is a simple crop, some selecting and clone stamping.
There are plenty of areas where you can see what I have done.

As I become more proficient with PS I will keep coming back to this picture. I have not touched colours, brightness, contrast or used any layers, so really a very basic enhancement.

MrP

pixbyjohn

challengemaster wrote: »

*bump*

Decided to try "product" photography yesterday

You need to change white balance

challengemaster

pixbyjohn wrote: »

You need to change white balance

I did try changing it alright, preferred when I didn't so just changed it back

ditpaintball

mehfesto wrote: »

I prefer the original as it was.

dinneenp

Very simple change with curves and some preset in Picnik. I like vintage style
Something done as simply as this is pushing me to learn Lightroom....soon


Always Coca Cola by Photoblog.ie (Patrick Dinneen), on Flickr




Always Coca Cola 2 by Photoblog.ie (Patrick Dinneen), on Flickr

Adrian.Sadlier

This was my first attempt at PP in 2009



This was my effort, two years later. Can't remember quite what I did :-(

Dublin_Gunner

^^ Great picture. Super colours and tonnes of character.

dinneenp

some changes in Picnik

Man smoking by Photoblog.ie (Patrick Dinneen), on Flickr


Man smoking by Photoblog.ie (Patrick Dinneen), on Flickr

dinneenp

I thought there could be a nice photo in it somewhere to took a few photos, some with slow shutter speeds. This was taken at 1/20th of a second but the initial result was a bit plain/standard.

So I did some basic editing in Picasa 3. I know I should be using Lightroom or Photoshop but haven’t found the time to study either yet. And I find that Picasa 3 does a good job. I know there some features and presets in Lightroom that I’d like. Someday, I keep telling myself, I’ll buy and learn/study Lightroom. Someday. Another confession- I don’t shot in RAW. Ever.

Anyway all I did with this photo took less than 5 minutes and I ‘framed’ the finished result as I think it’d look nice on my wall. Steps were crop, apply 1960′s effect and add the frame.

Kenny Logins

Honestly, having used Lightroom for a few months now I wonder how I could ever manage without it...

Kenny Logins

Before.


After.


Went a bit mad with the sliders, but that'll calm down with experience.

dinneenp

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Before.

Went a bit mad with the sliders, but that'll calm down with experience.

can you tell me steps you did in this please?

Kenny Logins

dinneenp wrote: »

can you tell me steps you did in this please?

I'll take a screen grab of the sliders when I get home, there is also a graduated filter running from top to centre with saturation and exposure adjustment IIRC.

Shooting RAW helps a lot. Those clouds simply wouldn't be there in a jpeg.

milos

At last I have found my home. I love photoshop
Here is my first Hope you lake....


tree face b and w2 by milos5, on Flickr

Took the original from a family photo,done some level and curve adjustments then overlayed the wood effect.
PS
Can someone let me know how to place two images side by side on my post....

DeBurca

A bit of restoration, the original was less than 2 inches high

dinneenp

Hi,
should this be in Cameras & accessories?
would it not fit better in 'photography events & projects' or just 'photography'?

dirtyghettokid

i agree, i think it should be in the main photography section. might get a few more posts in it now?

joeKel73

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After;

Zillah

J o e wrote: »

Before;
Diving
After;

Wait..what. Seriously?

joeKel73

Yeah . That's the RAW (jpeg'd) which is flatter than the camera-processed JPEG. Amazing how much colour can be retrieved when you pull down the overpowering green'ness of the water. Shot with 28mm wet lens (wide angle dome) with camera wide at 24mm to get max aperture, hence the border. Used fisheye lens correction to pull the image into the corners.

pullandbang

Still think mine from two years ago was the best

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=67559151&postcount=164

123 LC

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After

squareballoon

pearljamfan

dinneenp wrote: »

Hi,
should this be in Cameras & accessories?
would it not fit better in 'photography events & projects' or just 'photography'?

it was in 'the workshop' before it got renamed, which kinda made sense

humberklog

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and after

dinneenp

@humberklog that's a wierd one- did you mirror/copy the railings on the left and put them on the right? Cos in your original photo you don't have the railings on the right at all.

dinneenp

very simple change but makes big difference I think

Galway Train Station train 3 by Photoblog.ie (Patrick Dinneen), on Flickr


Galway Train Station 4 by Photoblog.ie (Patrick Dinneen), on Flickr

humberklog

dinneenp wrote: »

@humberklog that's a wierd one- did you mirror/copy the railings on the left and put them on the right? Cos in your original photo you don't have the railings on the right at all.

Yeah fairly easy really. The hard part was waiting to snap a person on the bridge where I needed them to be while there was no on else on it.

After that it was just a matter of taking the same images from the disc twice. Leave one pic in full and the other pic is flipped, cropped and positioned to where I wanted it.

Then it's just a matter of cropping the both pics together. Tadah.

.Longshanks.

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After

nedd

Going back over this thread and some of the examples of what people are doing is amazing, adding tonal depth and colour that really add to the picture. I wouldn't even have the vision to see the "after" people are making when looking at the "before" shots. Great work!

Others are basically Instagramming photos.

Telchak

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After:

penev10

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After

MikeD22

My first attempt at a restoration

Before:


Restore before by MichaelD212, on Flickr


After:


Restoration photo by MichaelD212, on Flickr

mehfesto

Might be a bit overdone, but I'm happy!

dinneenp

before


after

hurling by Photoblog.ie (Patrick Dinneen), on Flickr

Reoil

mehfesto wrote: »

Might be a bit overdone, but I'm happy!

Why would you Photoshop a scenario where you are shooting into the "sun"?
Besides getting over that, the shadows clearly don't match the angles.

condra

Reoil wrote: »

Why would you Photoshop a scenario where you are shooting into the "sun"?

Shooting into the sun is really trendy right now with the whole dreamy washed out vintage fashion thing.

dnme

mehfesto wrote: »

Might be a bit overdone, but I'm happy!

Isn't she in Coronation Street ?

condra

looks more like a field to me
(JK sorry)

mehfesto

Reoil wrote: »

Why would you Photoshop a scenario where you are shooting into the "sun"?
Besides getting over that, the shadows clearly don't match the angles.

Because there was no sun and it was for a 'summer shoot'. The dreary blue one was hardly doing anything for them.

Ontop of that the shadows clearly do match the angles. They're being created by the softbox, not the sun. If you underexpose the background the flash has more say on the final image than the sun.

steoc

An old edit on a photo i like. By the way it got POTW sometime back



Wanted to get some more detail in the rocks and water. I think i have over done it. What do you think?

kevc2

I much prefer the original

steoc

Me too i think the second one looks too yellow.

kevc2

I really like the silhouette too, it's a great photo

dnme

steoc, definitely the original.....by miles. Beautiful photo. Well done to you!

squareballoon

~I like the detail you got in the rocks with your second edit. The bottom left looks a little too bright now and is competing for the eye against the sun which used to be the main focus. A mix of the two might be nice although I prefer the person being a silhouette.