Paris and London
Here is the original photo that I manipulated to create the image discussed in this thread.
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=23388

and here is the photo that was submitted for critique

Any help with the blown highlights and the psed background would be appreciated.
I currently use PS Elements2 for PP but hope to have CS2 soon
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=23388

and here is the photo that was submitted for critique

Any help with the blown highlights and the psed background would be appreciated.
I currently use PS Elements2 for PP but hope to have CS2 soon
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Shadow/highlight in RGB mode can recover a lot of the highlight detail. In fact, this is about 90% of what I accomplished.
Impossible retouch in LAB This gets a little color as well as texture the texture we just recovered into thos blown areas. See: http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=21648 The effect is subtle, but look carefully.
Steepen L curve though the highlights and blend A little of this goes a long way. Make a Curves adjustment layer and make the L curve very steep in the highlights and then change the blending options so it only affects the lightest parts of the image and use a very low opacity.
Once you get thsi far, you can lighten, change the background, blend back into the original at 50% opacity to recover a bit more of the original look, whatever.
I'll give it a go in pse2 unless my cs gets here soon. I think levels is similar to curves.
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I worked on your full sized originals and saved at quality level 12. Pick up the original of one of my versions and go from there if you are in a rush. Just substitute an O for the L in the URLs.