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Powfoot Golf Course

canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
edited December 4, 2008 in Landscapes
An HDR shot of Powfoot Golf Course. I am still learning this HDR so your comments are more than welcome.
Regards
Bob

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    GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
    edited December 4, 2008
    nice bob, maybe de -saturate a touch.
    how about darkening the s shape in lawn to make more pronounced?
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    Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2008
    GOLDENORFE wrote:
    nice bob, maybe de -saturate a touch.
    how about darkening the s shape in lawn to make more pronounced?
    phil
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    15524779-Ti.gif The color of the grass and particularly the rainbow are too unrealistic. I'd also level roof of the house.
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    Jack
    (My real name is John but Jack'll do)
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    canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2008
    Jack'll do wrote:
    15524779-Ti.gif The color of the grass and particularly the rainbow are too unrealistic. I'd also level roof of the house.

    Thanks Phil I will try that just seen the 'S' in the grass.
    Yes Jack I would agree about the unrealistic colours. I tend to find this with my HDR shots after Photomatix.
    Regards
    Bob
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    canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2008
    canon400d wrote:
    An HDR shot of Powfoot Golf Course. I am still learning this HDR so your comments are more than welcome.
    Regards
    Bob

    430333860_sZBC4-L.jpg

    Is that any straighter Jack. I tried to darken the grass with the Highlights/Shaddows but it hasn't changed it much.
    Regards
    Bob

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    Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2008
    Hi Bob
    The roof is much better now. To deal with the grass you need to use a hue/saturation adjustment layer. Then to selectively darken the right portion of the grass duplicate the background layer, use brightness/contrast adj. layer to darken the whole original bg layer, add a vector mask to the duplicate layer (make sure the mask is white). If the mask is black, Cmd_I or for PC Cntrl_I, to change to white. Now click on the mask then use the brush tool to paint the portion you want darker.

    I took the liberty to adjust using these methods. In Hue/Sat I adjusted green, yellow, and magenta (drop down menu) as follows.
    Green H +27 S -26
    Yellows H +13 S -29
    Magenta H 0 S -52

    After flattening the image, I applied high pass filter (radius 0.8) and ended up with this.

    430465432_9XpKX-L.jpg
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    Jack
    (My real name is John but Jack'll do)
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    canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited December 5, 2008
    Jack'll do wrote:
    Hi Bob
    The roof is much better now. To deal with the grass you need to use a hue/saturation adjustment layer. Then to selectively darken the right portion of the grass duplicate the background layer, use brightness/contrast adj. layer to darken the whole original bg layer, add a vector mask to the duplicate layer (make sure the mask is white). If the mask is black, Cmd_I or for PC Cntrl_I, to change to white. Now click on the mask then use the brush tool to paint the portion you want darker.

    I took the liberty to adjust using these methods. In Hue/Sat I adjusted green, yellow, and magenta (drop down menu) as follows.
    Green H +27 S -26
    Yellows H +13 S -29
    Magenta H 0 S -52

    After flattening the image, I applied high pass filter (radius 0.8) and ended up with this.

    430465432_9XpKX-L.jpg

    OMG Jack that is brilliant. I understand and can follow exactly what you have said but YES you have improved the image tremendously. Thanks I will go back to the drawing board but I bet once againm with another image I will have to rely on you to put the finishing touches to it.
    Regards
    Bob
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