[ABree]

Hi all,

I've not been around for a while....life has been busy....

Irma inquired about the CS2 course I did earlier this year....I'd not used PS before doing the course, so it was a lot to take in....

Before


After - healing brush, levels, USM on stamen, resize, high pass



Before


After - selected sky, levels, then inverse and applied levels to building, USM


Before


After - this one took a while, cloned out ties, cropped, levels, shadow/highlights, clone & healing brush on petals, slight yellow & magenta hue adustment, can't remember if I used USM or high pass...


Before


After - levels, cloned lens flare, shadow/highlights, high pass


Thanks for looking, advice welcome

Sharon

[Wedding Shooter]

Hi Sharon,

Looks like you have learnt a lot in youir course. It really is an amazing difference when you understand a little of the power of photoshop.

I particularly liked the 2nd and 4th images.

[Irma]

Oh! Sharon... Your pictures are great!!

I like a lot the way you show them with the before and after so one can see the difference... What I like the most is that they look very natural. It is amazing always to see that taking care of little details like cleaning the petals, improve a lot your picture.

I have seen in your pictures that you use a lot the USM. I don't normally use it, but I see that it makes a difference. I'll try to play with this filter.

#2 is great!! I like the color you got after post processing, and your composition is beautiful...

I like also the effect of the shadow/highlight in the last picture. It improved a lot. It looks like a beautiful place.

Thanks so much for sharing your pictures, Sharon; and Congratulations!

[adam]

Wow, what a difference!
Thanks for sharing! The course seems to be very good Well done

[Pat]

Great results Sharon, money well spent - I need to take some lessons

[NT73]

Lovely stuff.

[ABree]

Thanks for the encouragement everyone, I still have a lot to learn....but I'm getting my head around the basics.

The instructor said that if it takes longer than 5 minutes to process in PS, go out and take another photo ....she is big on getting it right in camera as much as possible.

Thanks again
Sharon

[alastair_hm]

Good use of PS there