Photoshop gurus
Oh Photoshop gurus! Or lest I step on anyone's toes, any other kind of imaging software guru.
I am continually impressed with what I've seen y'all do here in this forum. I'm just learning the ropes of post processing myself and would love some ideas / input / help with the following photo(s).
The photos were obviously taken during the winter, and was a sudden shift to very cold weather, so there were many interesting things frozen into the ice and a sort of frost on everything. Unfortunately, the light was flat that day and the resulting photo just doesn't do the day justice. I also tried one framed slightly differently with a fill flash, but wasn't too happy with that either.


If you would like to work on the originals here are links to them:
http://eschick.smugmug.com/photos/1999345-O.jpg
http://eschick.smugmug.com/photos/1999345-O.jpg
Thanks.
I am continually impressed with what I've seen y'all do here in this forum. I'm just learning the ropes of post processing myself and would love some ideas / input / help with the following photo(s).
The photos were obviously taken during the winter, and was a sudden shift to very cold weather, so there were many interesting things frozen into the ice and a sort of frost on everything. Unfortunately, the light was flat that day and the resulting photo just doesn't do the day justice. I also tried one framed slightly differently with a fill flash, but wasn't too happy with that either.


If you would like to work on the originals here are links to them:
http://eschick.smugmug.com/photos/1999345-O.jpg
http://eschick.smugmug.com/photos/1999345-O.jpg
Thanks.

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These pictures are really cool
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In both cases I used a Curves Adjustment Layer to set the white and black points. I'd write an explaination of what I did, but there are a ton of good write-ups on this subject available on the web. A google on photoshop curves black point should get you started.
Keep up the good work!
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http://eschick.smugmug.com/photos/1999343-O.jpg
http://eschick.smugmug.com/photos/1999345-O.jpg
If those don't work, try getting to them this way:
http://eschick.smugmug.com/gallery/36213/1/1999343/Original
http://eschick.smugmug.com/gallery/36213/1/1999344/Original
thanks for looking.
Eric