#✂challenges-feedback

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grand patio
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Day 8 🤣

tulip fern
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Thanks again for the feedback & tips @bleak fossil and @glacial path ! Here is an updated version and an extra. I can't stop creating 😂

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young karma
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I couldn't get him to open his eyes while trying to act like the Hulk. It was a fun challenge and took me a couple of goes to get it somewhat right.

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dark quiver
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😂 nice @young karma

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Creative choice!

young karma
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@dark quiver Thank you. 😃

dark quiver
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The original has darker shadows have you tried to darken them? Could make it blend in even better.

young karma
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No @dark quiver, I didn't. I will have a go at that later. I need to also try and adjust the colour a little to try and remove the red. Thanks for the suggestion.

dark quiver
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Yeah my pleasure. I had to adjust the color in mine. Making an adjustment layer and masking out everything but the specific area you're working on is a great way to adjust a specific part non-destructively.

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Apologies if I'm telling you something you already know.

young karma
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Tips are always useful and really appreciate them. No apologies necessary

young karma
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@unreal hornet very baroque interpretation. I understand you need a rest. So much work! Great!

young karma
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Iconic Australian animal. This koala was captured close by to where I live. I thought it made a good subject for this challenge. Not sure how best to do the tree that it was climbing though.

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wind pond
stray totem
thick arrow
dapper basin
dark quiver
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@young karma Def. bumped it up a notch! Good job 😉

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It could go even darker if you wanted it to. The original poster seems to go all the way to black in its shadows. That's your choice cause it looks cool both ways.

obtuse haven
glacial path
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@wind pond nicely done!

dapper basin
grave hound
cold cedar
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@severe flame Daily Challenge 9 - Nice. Perhaps you could adjust the guy so his legs show a little better. Right now he looks cut-off at the knees. Also, a small typo - chaMpionship.

bleak sparrow
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the comic book challange

silk wigeon
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Whoo! Just updated my latest project named Xtreme Travel on Behance. New pages are added. If you like, check it out! Feedback is always welcome. Please send it in a message on Discord or on Behance!
https://www.behance.net/gallery/77867489/Xtreme-Travel-Agancy

Behance
Xtreme Travel Agancy

Xtreme travel is is a travel agency that organizes trips to distant destinations.From U.S.A to Indonesia and from Belgium to the arctic. With Xtreme Travel you can go to all destination around the world.

cold cedar
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@young karma Love the type! This is just a thought: Perhaps you could mask the top part of the tree and slide the koala down so his top paw in hanging on to the "a." And maybe adjust the mask around him to reduce the fringe highlight? Can you make the tree look like the text? Don't know if it would look good but Photoshop is all about experimentation, right? Just thinking here. Mind running amok looking at all the fabulous work.

lethal mural
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@grave hound great job! I would consider using a different color for life. It gets lost a bit. Maybe orange? Great job overall!!

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@dapper basin great job! I would maybe do some retouching on the face. It looks a bit too saturated and dark. Treat it a a regular photo. Good job overall

grave hound
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@lethal mural there was a plan to do a darker back round the life pops like sand... but those palm leaves were killing me

lethal mural
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@obtuse haven lol love it!

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@dapper basin great job on addition the Soccer balls. I also like your positioning better than. What I did in the demonstration!

tall spade
lethal mural
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@thick arrow looks great! Fantastic job!

grave hound
lethal mural
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@stray totem Great job. My only suggestion would be maybe a different background. I don't think it matches the foreground. Maybe something darker? Also, why not a Juve image! 😋

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@wind pond Great poster and good job! It looks great. Thanks for sharing it on Behance!!

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@thick arrowthe elephants work great! Also, I was thinking, since you have a lot of depth in your image consider making the text in perspective. Just transform the text so that it looks like it's laying on a surface. I think it might make it more dynamic and interesting

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@severe flame great job! I like the color palate. My only suggestion would be to get the entire boy in the image. But great job overall

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@coral stone Really good work! I love the colors, the depth, and the wording and image choice. I wish I had more to say besides Great work!!!

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@unreal hornet Great final result! I can tell you put a lot of work into it!!

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@grave houndgreat choice of background! I think it looks good. I would consider darkening the background a bit so that the Vegas part stands out more. But great job overall

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@dark quiver excellent game of thrones face swap! The smile is great! Lol

rancid pivot
young karma
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What do you think ?

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I modified the tones, the blur and I created a shadow for the eagle (3D + displacement)

young karma
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@cold cedar, thank you for the suggestions. I will have a try later today and see what I can come up with

dapper basin
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thanks for the feedback Jesús @lethal mural 😊

severe flame
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@lethal mural sure. Thanks for your advice!!

vagrant sorrel
cold cedar
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@Ghostly Love the red wine!

dark quiver
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Last daily challenge! I took some techniques I learned here plus my challenge from Day 5 and upped my movie title game.

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Overlayed the text on top of an embossed layer and a concrete texture layer.

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Using non-destructive stuff I learned here - creating a clipping mask etc.

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Here's the day-4 version

remote nebula
young karma
rain monolith
vale merlin
cold cedar
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@vale merlin Fabulous dance image.

prisma gazelle
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how come i cant upload all my work from jesus ramires

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i thought we had till the thirteenth

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this is really sucks now that ive finished and wanted to upload all my works

young karma
young karma
urban cypress
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Color correction challenge. That's my 4 year-old chasing me...is that action packed enough? haha

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Did I make myself too orange?

blazing quail
loud zephyr
tall spade
tall spade
urban cypress
stray totem
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This is what I have come with after Jesús Ramirez suggestion.Please tell me how is it now. Everyone's feedback is welcome. @lethal mural #📣creative-challenges #PSdailychallange09 Note: I used the Real Madrid background because his jersey here is of Real Madrid's.

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obtuse haven
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Got a lot done today! 3 Days work of challenges!

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Already shared Day 8 wit hteh pikachu

young karma
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@loud zephyr really nice

stray totem
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@young karma I think both the photos are too bright and the colors are too much saturated. Otherwise I like the first one as the text effect is awesome and just like a movie poster text!

young karma
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@stray totem thx! I try to make the colors softer and maybe a little darker.

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@stray totem I lowered the brightness and the saturation and i added a subtle gradient. It is true that i have more depth in the image and the cloud looks more real. Thanks for the advice

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stray totem
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@young karma I like the last one more. Let's see what other thinks. But I think this deep colour suits most. And you are welcome.

young karma
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@stray totem thx. An external eye always helps

stray totem
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@young karma Yes truly helps. You are welcome 😃

late sparrow
vagrant sorrel
loud zephyr
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@young karma Thanks!

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@grand patio Oh MJ! That is by far my favorite movie in the whole wide world.

grand patio
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@loud zephyr same

thick arrow
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Elephants pop out. Thanks for the feedback Jesús, I made changes to text and would like to hear your thoughts. @lethal mural

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thick arrow
hallow terrace
velvet axle
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Instagram @_twc_daily My first double exposure in photoshop. What you think about it?

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Instagram @_twc_daily My second double exposure in photoshop. What you think about it?

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glacial path
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@velvet axle there are a lot of things going on in your second image. I think you should concentrate more on one object/person/animal because having a dog, a woman with long hair, a guy jumping around, a cabin in the woods and people in a boat on the lake all in one image can be a bit overwhelming 😃

velvet axle
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I know what you mean @glacial path the problem is not the amount of detail (having a lot of people etc) its the composition/visual hierarchy (story). I will keep your feedback in mind for the next one 👍 — Its not that easy to find a story and the right images 😅 #lessismore

sour ingot
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Hi Guys! Need your feedback!, i still think there's 50% of work that needs to be completed. Thanks in advance.

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glacial path
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@hallow terrace nicely done! I like both versions 😃 The flag could be a bit brighter in the first one 👍

urban cypress
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Movie Title Day 9 Thoughts? I tried to pick a 40's style font that I had (Gill Sans) but it may look a little "star wars" if that makes sense with the glow. Any way to make the dances pop out of the words a little more?

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brave pewter
agile ruin
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You guys did such an awesome job with this PS challenge!!! 💖💖💖 Looking forward to the next one

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@brave pewter looking nice and slick. If your direction allows it, I would stretch the brand a bit further. for items like the note pad or the complimentary slip, I would make the logo larger and show only a side of it making sure both colours and key elements of the shapes are there. It will still recall the brand consistently and look part of the series. it will also add a modern feel to it! Hope this helps. If you try any variation feel free to give me a shout 😎👍

brave pewter
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that is honestly the best feedback i ever gotten thank you so much!! will definitley keep that in mind! @agile ruin

glacial path
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@sour ingot yeah! you're almost there 😄 I would darken the red stain on the ground a bit. Go for a more brown-ish dark-red tone 😃

uncut ginkgo
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We're going to review your designs shared in #✂challenges-feedback during Adobe Live this week! Tune in tomorrow and Wednesday at 12:30pm PT!

main talon
light nebula
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@main talon Maybe a stroke on the word PACE

main talon
light nebula
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@main talon Maybe stay with the theme of the team colors. Also consider making the stroke a bit thicker?

uncut ginkgo
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Nicely done Shanny! Did you adjust the spacing between letters? It seems like there is more space between the P and A than the ACE.

blissful wolf
urban berry
cyan socket
mint mortar
calm lance
velvet axle
uncut ginkgo
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@calm lance awesome job! I really love the moody vibe. After you watch Terry's stream today, you might want to go back in and revisit with any new skills you learn - but I like it!

young karma
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My first day with the Photoshop challenge! I've been using photoshop/lightroom to augment my photography hobby for years, but it's great to be apart of this community and get some feedback. 😃

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uncut ginkgo
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Very nicely done @young karma !

zealous bloom
sick dew
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@zealous bloom Nice. It is softer than the original.

zealous bloom
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@sick dew Nice!

light nebula
light nebula
glacial solstice
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I am new to Behance, Discord, and the Daily Photoshop challenges. Feedback is appreciated. Thanks.

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wet kettle
peak warren
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@light nebula The red and blue images above look like they are single channels of an RGB image. Maybe because they are one on top of the other.

light nebula
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I did gradient maps on each with custom gradients @peak warren Let me check the channel resutls

peak warren
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@light nebula I did not think they were actually channels. They made me think of channels. Sorry to be unclear.

light nebula
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@peak warren Got it... that is the vision. Monochrome 🙃

tawdry fossil
summer mica
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and I can't type...

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or upload properly

cold cedar
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@velvet axle I think it reads a little better.

viscid aurora
golden parcel
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@tawdry fossil I like it. You might consider adjusting your kerning a little so the space between each letter is more uniform.

young karma
light nebula
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@summer mica Apply a clipping mask on that to adjust the water

fast belfry
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lol... I've been there too

late sparrow
uncut ginkgo
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@sick dew I like the dark moody vibe! Nice job playing with the shadows and contrast. @light nebula looking good! I like the defined look a lot, it could totally be an epic instagram shot.
@glacial solstice nice job keeping it subtle, super cool car by the way!
@wet kettle awesome! Did you add some blue hues to the icebergs? looks nice!
@tawdry fossil nice job with that image/text - great movement! It would be awesome to play with the bird so some of the A overlaps it.
@summer mica good job! I actually like the warm 'dirty' water - keep going!
@viscid aurora good job lightening it up, I'd like to see a little bit more contrast or shadows!
@stone willow nice 'cool' tones - same as Breezy, it feels a little flat so I'd love to see a little more contrast.
@late sparrow very artsy! I like it 😃

light nebula
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Thank you @uncut ginkgo Too bad it isn't my picture. 😃

uncut ginkgo
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We can thank @gloomy flare for the epic shots 😄

tulip fern
young karma
light nebula
fierce zinc
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Took that dude out too! 😄

kindred kernel
cold cedar
coral stone
gloomy tapir
wet kettle
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Here's one I did right after getting lightroom for the first time. Took the photo in Rocky Mountain National Park 😅

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tulip fern
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@gloomy tapir I like the sky in the second one better (your usual edit on Photoshop) and maybe the bottom part of the CRF because of the lighter reflection of the ice and details of the rocky beach. Maybe you can combine them?

fast moth
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I design beadwoven jewelry that I teach others how to make. It's important the finished product is eye-chatching. It's so difficult to capture well. Thanks for this class. Heres my post from today's lighting class challenge

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light nebula
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@fast moth Tough working with fog. Great job on the color correction

young karma
cold cedar
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@wet kettle Reminds me of the days of Fuji film. Very nice.

wet kettle
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@fast moth Looks cool! I'd loved to see it a different sky

candid sage
oak finch
cold cedar
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@candid sage Looks like a page from a magazine! Nice.

candid sage
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@cold cedar Thanks 😃

tropic cove
tulip fern
raven meadow
cold cedar
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@timid pasture just caught your messages. Thanks.

jovial jolt
candid sage
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@raven meadow that looks awesome! love the clouds!

upbeat cosmos
gloomy tapir
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@tulip fern Thanks! That would be great, I will try to mess around with it a little bit.

gusty vessel
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First try, i was testing 2 kinds of feelings and environnement

glacial path
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@upbeat cosmos I like how you went for a darker look! You could absolutely enhance the saturation in the sky 😃

gusty vessel
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First one is the original.

glacial path
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@gusty vessel that's a pretty noisy picture! But you somehow removed the noise 😮 I like the subtle edit with the hints of purple. you could easily go for a more extreme look like in the 3rd picture. That one reminds me of the exact moment, when a lightning bolt strikes the earth.

unreal hornet
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Before and After. I took this photo on my old iPhone 5s and it's just been sitting in my photos for 4 years

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peak warren
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@fast moth Nice work. That is more moody with the blue.

glacial path
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@unreal hornet great job! The colors really pop now 😃 You should absolutely try even more looks - how about a nice shade of red 😮 ?

dark lotus
light nebula
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@dark lotus great work

peak warren
gusty vessel
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@glacial path Thank you for your feedback :p I will do my best for better pictures ^^

glacial path
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@dark lotus wow! That's an awesome shot ^^ I wonder if you somehow could enhance the sun ray in the background? It absolutely is a cool feature 😃

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peak warren
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thanks. I was thinking of working on the "god rays" as we all them. I might give it a try. Thanks

lofty saddle
peak warren
unreal hornet
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@dark lotus That is a gorgeous photo. The edits really make everything stand out especially the sky

young drift
cold cedar
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@tropic cove I like the original, too. It has a holiday card feel. Perhaps you want to challenge yourself to remove the road sign using content-aware replacement.. Just for fun and practice.

glacial path
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@peak warren obviously you would crop the corrected image, right?

peak warren
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@glacial path Yes, I would. It displays differently in export and in PS, for some reason. Actually, I am redoing perspective in Lightroom. I am more familiar with those tools.

glacial path
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@glacial path 100% agree

glacial path
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@young drift I see you're going for a high-contrast version 😃 But be careful with the highlights. right now they're a bit blown out (you can't see a lot of detail in the sky)

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cold cedar
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@dark lotus This is such a lovely image! Was it shot in Arizona?

unreal hornet
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pushed the colors more red like @glacial path suggested, very interesting effect

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dark lotus
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@unreal hornet thanks . Deep in the Grand Canyon after a storm

glacial path
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@unreal hornet wooooah! That looks like the sky is on fire 😄 I love it

summer mica
coral stone
light nebula
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glacial path
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@summer mica That would look fantastic on a big poster - just reduce the saturation of the blue a bit. it is rather oversaturated right now 😃

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@coral stone so... which one is the original 😛 ?

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@glacial path the first one is the original 😂

glacial path
young karma
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I only did raw manipulation

calm crane
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How do you get your photo on here?

glacial path
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@coral stone you never know 😄 The first one has a pretty cool look to it. But I like the clearer version where you can really see the blue of the ocean 😃 Good job

woven brook
viscid aurora
coral stone
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Thanks @glacial path 😃

glacial path
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@proper egret good eye! a bit too green, yes. But you nailed the exposure! Much better now

woven brook
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@calm crane, guess you just drag it onto here

calm crane
high mesa
glacial path
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@woven brook yes, you're still one time 😄

calm crane
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Thanks @woven brook

dark lotus
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@jovial jolt looks like you did it!

glacial path
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@light nebula I think you're the first one who gave this image a warm look. It totally works! But the colors are getting a bit muddy at the horizon

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timid pasture
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Before... This is definitely NOT what I saw... I saw the moon partially obscured by some spooky looking clouds..

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woven brook
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@glacial path so do I have to do anything else today? Do I need to put this image somewhere? This is my first time trying to participate in the daily creative challenge

stray totem
glacial path
timid pasture
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After. This is more like what I saw - after some fiddling in Camera Raw and a few other tweaks..

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woven brook
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Thx a lot @glacial path

stark kayak
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@woven brook I like the green-ish bleak look of the picture and how you got rid of the red sunset. It almost looks like a scene from a movie 😃 Nicely done

stark kayak
woven brook
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Thanks a lot @glacial path , that was exactly what I was aimming for. 😄

glacial path
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@light nebula and I think the guy on the right is a bit too bright. (nothing the spot healing brush couldn't fix in two clicks 😉 )

clear rain
glacial path
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@viscid aurora going for a subtle hint of purple, nice! You should totally try out more experimental looks 😃

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@calm crane you should totally show the before and after in your Behance project 😉

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@high mesa wow! I'm really impressed with the level of detail you've revealed! Super cool 😃

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@proper egret I see what u mean, but there is alot of green in the image

woven brook
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@clear rain I find it a little bit too contrasty. But yet I've been much more into low contrast sharp images. I like the sky and how you handled the water. But find the shadows in the foreground land a little bit too dark. Same applies for the ice. I think the ice could be lighter

glacial path
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@high mesa but I wouldn't make the sun darker. right now it just looks gray :/

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@high mesa unfortunately the original image is blown out at that spot and you can't easily fix that 🤔

proper egret
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@high mesa yes, I have been playing with the colors and the green background is overpowering

glacial path
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@stray totem lovely red tones! But the sky is pretty white, do you think you could bring back some detail?

cold cedar
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@young karma nice job on the exposure. I think it may be a little flat. I played with your image (so I could play with Camera Raw) and bumped the shadows and whites fairly high.

glacial path
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@timid pasture No way! That looks like a completely different image! Mad props to you!

blazing quail
upbeat owl
storm rock
high mesa
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@glacial path Hey Tim, cool feedback thanks for that appreciate it

glacial path
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@stark kayak I like the brighter shadows and more saturated colors! The blues are very saturated, I would tone them down so they're not too overwhelming 😃

stray totem
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@glacial path Thanks for the feedback. Yes ,I wanted to I mean if I had the flexibility I would have but it's a jpeg image my camera can't shoot raw so, the informations were not there. That's why could not bring it out. Thanks again for te feedback .

glacial path
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@blazing quail the first one is the original?

storm rock
glacial path
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@upbeat owl please post a jpg image, unfortunately discord can't display tif 😃

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@storm rock so the second one is the original?

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@storm rock (also make sure to publish your behance project before sharing the link 😉 )

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@stray totem ah I see. If it was a real client project, you would probably have to reshoot it or replace the entire sky. (just FYI)

young karma
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@cold cedar thank you. I feared so much, you are absolutely right! I didn’t wnt to overdo it so i underdid it 😊

hybrid bronze
gaunt forge
stark kayak
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@glacial path Thanks Tim! I bumped the saturation down a bit, are the blues a bit better now? Is there a better way to adjust the blue besides the saturation slider? Thanks!

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stray totem
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@glacial path yep you are totally right but even then I belive skyreplacement would have been the choice cause the day was already dull so was the weather haha. But thanks for notifying me! Appreciate it!

peak warren
glacial path
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using the hue/saturation adjustment layer

peak warren
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@glacial path Thank you for the help

fierce zinc
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I am now going back and retouching tons of photos from old vacations...
This is the Castillo De San Marcos in St. Augustine (1st Original, 2nd My Edit).

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glacial path
fierce zinc
fringe mauve
upbeat owl
viscid aurora
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@glacial path Thank you!

glacial path
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@blazing quail I like the idea! The image feels much more balanced. But you also lose the focus because of the lacking contrast. It's just something to keep in mind - maybe you can go 50% between the original and your version. that way you can still see some detail in the background but you don't lose the brightness contrast 😃

dusty eagle
glacial path
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@dusty eagle is that Comic Sans 😱

stark kayak
dusty eagle
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@glacial path But of course!

glacial path
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@fierce zinc lovely contrast 😄 You could reduce the saturation of the second cannon slightly. It is almost popping out of the image right now ^^

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cold cedar
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@young karma I understand. I played with quite a few sliders and adjustments before I decided.

glacial path
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@dusty eagle oof...

young karma
light nebula
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@glacial path Thank you sir. I need to work on the FINER details on masking

halcyon zinc
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lighting edit, focused on bringing in more pinks into the clouds

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dusty eagle
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@glacial path Hmm perhaps I'll dilute it with papyrus tomorrow....

orchid void
loud bridge
glacial path
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@dusty eagle why... Howard Pinsky, is that you?

brave pewter
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decided to smoothen photo and give it a tad bit more light

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bottom-before

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top-after

glacial path
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@stark kayak I like the extreme one 😃 maybe a bit too black on the left, but I like the direction you're going!

young karma
fierce zinc
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@glacial path Something more like this? I am still getting used to how all of this works. I just used the selection tool and did a rough pull down on the contrast of that back cannon.

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glacial path
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@young karma yup! it works, it looks good but you went the safe route 😉 Try something experimental, go for a completely new look ^^

blazing quail
fierce zinc
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Oddly enough...the cannon was really bright in person compared to the other one. LOL

glacial path
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@halcyon zinc that shade of pink is lovely and works really well with the darker cyan shadows. nice 😃

young karma
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@cold cedar thx i’ll give it a try

halcyon zinc
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thanks @glacial path

bold valley
young karma
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@glacial path thanks, i'll try something new 😀

glacial path
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@blazing quail nice 😄

bold valley
glacial path
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@fierce zinc yup! that works 😄

uncut ginkgo
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@fringe mauve nice job! I like the deep contrast and dark foreground.

storm rock
fierce zinc
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@glacial path Right on man! Thanks for the advice. 😁

fringe mauve
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@uncut ginkgo Thank you so much for the feedback 😄

high mesa
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@storm rock wow, what a great image

brave pewter
bold owl
bold valley
brave pewter
mighty crag
gritty mortar
amber idol
dark lotus
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@dusty eagle nice. I would keep the darker versions on the pebbles and bring up the highlighted light s on the buildings. Awesome capture

dusty eagle
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@dark lotus Thanks! That would definitely help the contrast. I sourced that picture from
Vitor Gusmão Shimabukuro on Pexels!

fallow bough
young karma
fallow bough
mellow ether
amber idol
timid pasture
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@glacial path Yep - It's amazing how much you can pull out of a RAW image! It blew me away when I was able to get that much out of what I thought was an un-salvageable shot.

dusty eagle
fallow bough
dark lotus
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@dusty eagle nice. Now just PS in a moon 😁

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fallow bough
still harness
vagrant sorrel
half estuary
unkempt field
glass bridge
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@eternal cypress That giraffe gives me hope for some of my too-dark images. Perhaps a little bit of shadow and whites in Camera Raw will bring out the giraffe more, give him a bit more definition?

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@vagrant sorrel Lovely!

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nice

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👌

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uneven shoal
heady dawn
rustic tree
gloomy tapir
oblique bramble
young karma
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oohhohho

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Hey y'all! Excited to dive into these first challenge images. Apologies for my slight delay in chiming in--busy day! Ok, here goes:

@gentle elk I love the “warmth” you’ve added to the water in contrast to the glaciers! It adds a nice balance with the spot of sunset as well.

@torn rock Wow, really nice adjustments in exposure without losing any detail! I love the natural effect in the new edit. Could be in a catalog!

@past canopy I actually really like both the before and after here! Two totally different vibes with the same base photo, but either are just as successful in their own right. Kudos!

@young karma Loving these purple tones! I think people shy away from using purple too much in photo and design so I love this unique tonal take especially as it applies to photography 😃 The yellow in the sun adds a perfect complimentary contrast in color as well.

@oblique bramble Funny how adjusting tones can make an image appear like it was taken in a totally different time of the year. One thing I’d consider is watching blowing out your highlights/whites too much in the sky. It loses some detail, which could be the desired effect, but could also be cool to bring the overall brightest value down a tad to see what the impact would be if a little muted.

@rustic tree Good job bringing some of the detail back with the sky in this pic! I’d consider playing around with the tones in the shadows from cooler to warmer to see if the landscape could be rendered a bit more naturally to balance out with the rest of the image.

@solar zinc Fun edit! Love the surreal colors without losing any of the details in the imagery. There’s a really great contrast between those oranges and cyans. Only thing I’d consider is playing around to prevent the spotting you’re getting vignetting in the sky around the edges of the frame a bit.

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Thanks for the feed back hungryboy.😀

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@glass bridge Nice subtle edits in the lighting here to really bring out all the textures going on in the boardwalk photo (especially in the sand and grass!). Great realistic control in midtones as well!

@half estuary Nice to see you bringing back some of the details in the image but keeping its overall bright feel! Love the slight warmth added back in as well.

@amber idol I want to dive into that newly blue-green water! Really pops nicely with the rest of the image in contrast. Good save in the highlights in the wood beams as well.

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@ValentinePierce#6533 You may be right. I was struggling with getting more definition on the giraffe but I am super happy you can at least see that it is a giraffe.lol

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thanks for the great feedback @thorn narwhal, any tips to make it better? Thank you

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@gentle elk I wonder what it would look like if you added a touch more contrast in the midtones? The range you have around the edges with a slight vignette is really strong, so I would consider playing around with pushing that effect more in the glaciers. You could also play around with darkening the sunset a bit to make that warm bit even more of a focal point by having it pop more. But overall the edit is a really nice display of great control!

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thank you for the tips, I appreciate it, I'll be sure to see how it looks with those changes and practice that. Thanks!

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@eternal cypress I can't believe how much detail you were able to pull out of that giraffe image! In photography, it is helpful to remember that darker images are safer as they still hold detail (whereas overexposed, brighter images lose detail) that can be recovered in post, as you showed us here. I wonder if there's anything you could do now to preserve the nice tones in the sky from the original without losing the new details of the giraffe?

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@hungryboy#2944 I am sure there must be a way. I would suspect it would involved a more targeted approach when making adjustments in raw camera mode. I confess I played it fast and loose with my corrections and that my obvious focus was recovering that beautiful giraffe.

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that looks great @gloomy arch I really like both but I think you pulled it off well

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nice man

cold cedar
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@past canopy Postcard pretty.

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@thorn narwhal, I tried out those suggestions, thanks for making them, I think it looks a lot better in my opinion. Once again, can't thank you guys enough, this is a super cool challenge!

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signal peak
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Yeah lol I did the same

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Looks super good @signal peak like it a lot

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thanks i can't wait for next project 😄

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I didnt crop the guy out or try to remove him, I think were doing that class next!

I also decided to use warmer tones, and make the icebergs more cyan. Overall soft image

📎 jm_day01_AdjustLighting.jpg
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oh sweet love to learn more about cleaning that up better don't like doing it blind and hoping for best 😄

grave hound
solar zinc
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Thanks for the feedback @thorn narwhal!!! and yes, I tend to overuse the vignette tool, Would you mind giving me some tips on how to improve?

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I did the main practice image. Then I decided to do another one. Here is my version of the daily challenge, day 1, lighting. I am very new to PS, just by the way. This is actually my first photography challenge ever.

📎 Challenge-1-Mine.jpg
young karma
tall sequoia
ember aurora
frank basin
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Wow that’s so much better

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The lighting is so good in the edit gj

somber rampart
analog bobcat
umbral laurel
gentle elk
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nice

naive yew
young karma
rose lagoon
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Hello Everyone! Here is my submission for Ps daily challenge. Please share your feedback 😃

📎 Before.jpg
wind isle
fast belfry
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Good job everyone!

young karma
hazy frigate
covert osprey
ornate oriole
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@hazy frigate maybe a little bit of local adjust on the bears?

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@grave hound cool

silk wigeon
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@covert osprey I really like you after photo. It looks way better than the first. The colors pops out way better and there is so much more ambiance on the photo. It also makes it easier to see whats on the under side of the photo 👍

young karma
proven pewter
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well done keep on @young karma

young karma
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thankx

cinder vessel
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before and after

proven pewter
severe flame
warm kestrel
young karma
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This is the original image I took of our local Court House a couple of years ago when we had the most snow that Bathurst has seen in a lot of years. Snow is not a normal occurrence for Bathurst.

📎 PS-Challenge-1-Original.jpg
polar glade
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@proven pewter great. I wonder why not leaving everything dark but increase the light where it is already lit. Creating more suspense. What do you think

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@young karma yes , it will be better but here i tried to show more details which hidden in poor light

vestal tendon
young karma
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Yes i know, it is a thin line and a lot has to do with personal preferences! I make mistakes on light all the time and than my image falls flat. Like the one i posted for this challenge. I have to remedy it later today

mellow quail
uneven lark
young karma
floral viper
rotund flint
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nice

limpid spindle
gloomy arch
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@young karma nice one! I’m not far, in Mudgee

young karma
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Hi, I can't seem to find Terry's first tutorial on the Ps daily creative challenge. Can someone please link it here?

summer mica
weary mirage
silk wigeon
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@weary mirage The after version of that picture is breathtaking. It feels like paradise does excist

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Thanks!

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@covert mason love the contrast between the cyans and the warmth in the rest of the image!

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@solar zinc it’s a tool you can use to your own discretion! Sometimes with more extreme edits I’ll step away from my screen for 5-10 minutes and come back to it with “fresh eyes” before finalizing and exporting. I tend to pick up on things I hadn’t noticed before and if there’s anything distracting or that needs to be adjusted a bit more.

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@floral viper @weary mirage love how you both managed to bring out extremely lush greens in both of your images!

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@uneven lark love the consistency of the blues here! I think you’re now losing some of the contrast from the original image now, though. I’d play around in warming the midtone values up a bit to add some of that back in- I don’t think it would impact your blue palette much. I’m also missing some of that natural vignetting I see in the water, so I’d consider trying to add that back in a little more as well!

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Thank you!

weary mirage
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Thank you! @thorn narwhal

brave whale
young karma
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Hi

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@cold cedar, @glacial path tried some local adjustments in CR. I hope to have gotten rid ??? of tve flatness of the picture and made it come alive again. Thx for reviewing

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fresh salmon
light nebula
young karma
north arrow
viscid aurora
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@light nebula Nice! I like the depth of the blacks on your monochrome images. This one is sharp.

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Thank you @peak warren

wet kettle
marsh prairie
wet kettle
dark lotus
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@marsh prairie Looks good! I think the colors are slightly oversaturated in the sky and trees, but the building pops a lot more. Maybe try using the HSL sliders to bring back the saturation on the greens and blues a little

young karma
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Hello, here is my PS DCC 1 Adjust Lighting. Not sure the reflection of the hot air balloon on the right is accurate or not. I feel like it should be skewed but idk and I prob need to working on lighting a bit more too. Thanks for for looking and for any feedback! 😄

📎 Day01-AdjustLighting2.jpg
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@young karma I love the contrast!

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and the after - beefed up the shadows a bit and saturation to show the growths on the tree.

📎 Growths.jpg
rustic pumice
rain parrot
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its beautiful

light nebula
uncut ginkgo
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@gloomy flare Terry 👍

young karma
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bro the lights in the middle of the tower are messing me up

tulip fern
summer mica
young karma
peak warren
orchid plank
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Hello Guys!
My attempt on challeng #1. Look forward to your feedback :)
@gloomy flare @uncut ginkgo @bleak fossil

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@rustic pumice Very well done on this one! Really nice color settings ❤

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@north arrow Very well done!!

rigid bobcat
calm crane
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@dark lotus very well done. I just feel the cloude could be a bit more contrasted/sharpen. Its just my view. You did great!! 😃

peak warren
calm crane
young karma
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im done

chilly holly
rain flower
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I utilized the Lasso Tool to select the skyline and below, minus the rocks on the lower right and then played with the Image Levels.

📎 image0.png
vale burrow
rain monolith
tulip fern
cold cedar
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@orchid plank I like the before and the after.

velvet axle
cold cedar
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@tulip fern Good job!

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clouds are a bit washed out

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:/

rustic pumice
dark lotus
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@orchid plank thanks. I can probably work a bit with a graduated filter but I don't want to get too grainey. J find with distant LS shots that you battle with haze.

halcyon zinc
stone mantle
rustic tree
zealous iron
stone mantle
pastel vessel
tawny dagger
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I really want to bring this sky texture, put a lot of dehaze and add a little bit of blue tone 💙 (5% actually) (add before\after version)

📎 bwbwbw.jpg
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lunar mango
stone mantle
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young karma
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Hey guys, the moment I wan't to apply the Camera Raw filter, Photoshop closes and I have to start all over again. It seems that I can't use that filter. How can I solve this?

light nebula
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@rustic tree Good stuff. You reminded me of a shot and edit I did years ago.

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@young karma Make sure you save your work before going to raw camera filter, then you go to layers tab and use the saturation tool there or image tab and use the mode option to grayscale if the camera raw filter dose not work.

cold cedar
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@lunar mango Good colors!

rustic tree
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@light nebula Thanks for your comment.

light nebula
cold cedar
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Nice work @stone mantle I would maybe brighten his face a little.

rustic tree
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@light nebula Cool image Cadillac Ranch is a fun place to visit.

fallow bough
light nebula
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That it is @rustic tree

summer mica
sly turtle
brave pewter
vague slate
cunning summit
young karma
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I made an accidental picture (I wanted to start a video, but you have to fiddle more on your phone).

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You have to have some atmosphere in an office, to make it look human 😃

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sometimes an amazing photo is just a happy accident we didnt mean to do 😄 it looks great

gentle elk
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that's a great description of how I happened to... in fact it's exactly what my parents said...

summer mica
gentle elk
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wow nice man

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I can't see the before though

summer mica
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Thank you. It's in raw and I haven't converted it..sorry working on it now

dusk crown
summer mica
peak warren
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@rustic tree @light nebula I was going to say Radiator Springs, instead of Cadillac Ranch. 😊

light nebula
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Someone has watched CARS too many times @peak warren

peak warren
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@light nebula Yes, true. But Radiator Springs is derived from Cadillac Ranch, no?

maiden fable
summer mica
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why can I comment on some photos and not on others?

placid trout
light nebula
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Knowledge bomb from @peak warren
"Cadillac Range" is a large north-to-south mountain range with many fin-backed jagged peaks, a reference to the famous Cadillac Ranch sculpture in Amarillo, Texas.

proper egret
wet kettle
obtuse compass
tardy tinsel
novel pawn
gentle elk
oak coral
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I like how you did the leaves

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looks nice

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thank you @gentle elk

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edit to my other one, I don't know why but the original showed first on the Behance link, sorry

📎 jazzbw.PNG
lofty saddle
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@oak coral That's lovely. Looks vintage, like platinum or selenium (I can't remember which is which). How did you process that?

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With camera raw filyer

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filter*

true storm
fierce zinc
gusty vessel
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Black and White Challenge

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Before :

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After :

young karma
bold valley
obtuse compass
young karma
tacit oak
quartz ridge
stark kayak
raven meadow
peak warren
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@raven meadow looks like B&W Infrared, with the super dark sky

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and white vegetation

stark kayak
raven meadow
stark kayak
mellow quail
raven meadow
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@peak warren yeah that is what I meant.

halcyon zinc
tardy tinsel
valid raft
young karma
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The last one I promise.. but in honor to Wu 😉 only a little adjustment

📎 Day02-BW3.jpg
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#psdailychallenge`

Making a yellow chair into a black one.
(luv the bw adjustmentlayer, great feature with the colormasking channels).

Didn't mentioned it, but the original color of the chair is black, but converted it to yellow 😉

📎 Chair_bw_versus_color.jpg
fast moth
coral stone
kindred kernel
zealous viper
eager barn
cold cedar
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Ok. Here it is. I used the same photo from challenge 1. I also did some clean up on yesterday's image — things that jumped out in b/w that I should have seen in the color.

📎 PSDCC-Dutch-Alley-black-and-white.jpg
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jovial jolt
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@maiden fable i love the sky! how did you get that

north arrow
blazing quail
rich sequoia
summer mica
stray totem
maiden fable
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Hi, thanks @jovial jolt I wanted to give them a softer look. I use the camera raw filter and then made adjustments with the texture, dehaze and clarity sliders.

torpid jasper
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Hello.

candid sage
young karma
dark lotus
kindred kernel
dark lotus
peak warren
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@candid sage I like the conversion to monochrome. But the sky reflection that spices up the color image? It's lost in the B&W. Somehow you need to pull that out, I think.

sweet anchor
peak warren
fierce zinc
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@peak warren It helps that your model is absolutely stunning. Lol!!

dark lotus
peak warren
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@fierce zinc Seen on the street in Tokyo. I don't recall any other details. 😃

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thanks for the feedback @peak warren I agree it does get lost in there a bit, I tend to struggle with b&w to be fair as I feel all my images look like they're just colour images that have been changed, rather than something that was intentionally supposed to be black and white to begin with, if that makes sense

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dark lotus
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@blazing quail The B&W is so much more dramatic!

thin finch
summer mica
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@tropic herald awesome

thin finch
dark lotus
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@thin finch The cloud contrast is powerful.

thin finch
sly turtle
cold cedar
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Here is the cleaned up version of yesterday's lighting challenge image. I know there is more to be done but these were glaring when I changed to b/w. Your comments, recommendations, suggestions welcome.

📎 Dutch-Alley-clean-up.jpg
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Before and after. I think I prefer the second to the last technique he showed us - the adjustment layer with the sliders for each color in the original photo. Anyone else use this method?

📎 Day2_BlackandWhite.jpg
young karma
gleaming palm
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@sly turtle Really cool! I have a car image in my collection. I love the color of it but I might try b/w just to see.

placid trout
mellow quail
young karma
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nice @young karma!

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thank you!! 😃

weary mirage
young karma
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It is 😉

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@ember cairn Nice work

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How was Amsterdam?

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@rain parrot Very nice work too

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thanks

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I like the pattern in the bowl

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It matches with the cat/kitten

rain parrot
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ya i guess

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OK, let's see what happens if I link to Behance project - https://www.behance.net/gallery/80280969/PS-Challenge - OK that only showed the before 😦 https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/badd7d80280969.5cdc79f12acf0.jpg - I didn't realize my notes would show with the link. Good to know and better to learn here with something innocent. I'm totally new to using Behance. The good thing is if you click on link yo ucan see more about the photo, why I picked it and how I edited it.

Behance
PS Challenge

Using filter to convert to B&W in PSAlso learned about GradientGrayscaleDesaturation

ember cairn
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Thanks @fast belfry ! It was cool i really enjoyed that place 😄

fast belfry
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Nice

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Yeah I live there

rain parrot
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wow

fast belfry
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Well not in Amsterdan but I live in the Netherlands

sly turtle
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@cold cedar I'd love to see how yours turns out if you do one! Tag me if you post it!

cold cedar
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@sly turtle now I must try it!

ember cairn
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Oh really ? That's awesome ! Btw when i went to Amsterdam it was very cold so im looking forward to go back here when the weather will be better ahah

fast belfry
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It will never be better 😛

timid pasture
austere turret
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uncut lagoon
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3 was with a curves layer added to bring out her eyes, but it looks a little too flat to me..

📎 IMG_8281-BW-3.jpg
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Finally good 😛 @uneven lark

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@uncut lagoon stunning in black and white!

clear mason
light nebula
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@clear mason Good job fellow Chitown

shut anchor
uncut lagoon
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@sly turtle thank you 😃 I kinda thought this pic looked better in black and white too.. more dramatic

somber rampart
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Good shot

grizzled goblet
dire grail
timid pasture
jagged kraken
timid pasture
fierce zinc
silver ore
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Hey! I'm a day behind but here's the lighting adjustment I did using Brightness/Contrast and Curves --- conveniently I just learned about Curves in my Filmmaking class for Premiere! Nice that there's some transfer of skills!

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Think I still need to mess around with it

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It doesn't look good lol

young karma
gaunt forge
young karma
true pewter
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glacial path
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@vital fjord Great work! The details are still very clear and the exposure is also good! Unfortunately we lose the color contrast of the magenta colored blossoms. Maybe you can increase the luminance of the magenta tones?

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@outer lantern ah classic! I love this architecture shot with the grain in the background. You should totally go for more contrast. You could also try out the Clarity and Texture slider in Camera Raw Filter 😃

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thanks!

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Hi Guys a bit behind the schedule as only starting the challange today but here is my before and after for the first lighting challange. (I also used selective colour tool as I find sometimes it adds a little bit extra to the shot )

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@true pewter lovely! Did you apply a two-strip color lookup table? It almost looks like those old film stocks 😃 I think you could brighten up the sky even more!

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@dense wind great work! you went from a neutral image to a more stylized version with the purple color wash. Is this one of your shots, of so: is it for a project or client?

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@young karma I love this one! I wonder if you could apply a gradient to the sky, so it is slightly darker at the top. this could add to the dramatic perspective. Just something to try out 😃

vestal tendon
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@glacial path thank you and yes one of my shots from doing a bit of street photography with friends. Was just in a right place at a right time

gentle elk
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that's a great shot @dense wind

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it looks great

dense wind
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@gentle elk thank you!!!

oblique bramble
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@vestal tendon nice one! Since you've nailed the black and white conversion, you could add a gradient map with one of these gradients. I think it could bring some fun color to the composition 😃

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@oblique bramble that's a cool shot! I think it would be even more dramatic if you crop in on the two birds! Well done 😃

vestal tendon
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i'll play around with it ^^

dense wind
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@oblique bramble OMG THATS SOO NICE!!! and definitelly works better as black and white photo 😃 really nice shot!!!!

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@gaunt forge those clouds combined with the sun rays is an EPIC composition 😮 🎉 ! I think you should add some clarity or Texture (via Camera Raw filter) to enhance the ... uhm.... epicness 😄

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@young karma another epic shot 😄 You could add even more light to the clouds to balance the image. Or you could crop in on the bright spot 😃

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@silver ore ha, yes! if you know how to use Lumetri, Camera Raw becomes super easy to use 😃

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@silver ore but I think you have slightly overexposed sky. there is a lot of white in there

oblique bramble
cold cedar
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OK I will try Lumetri! @glacial path I'll show you my results when I'm done

glacial path
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@silver ore the equivalent to Lumetri in Premiere, is Camera Raw in Photoshop (Filter -> Camera Raw Filter)

grave hound
silver ore
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Oh that makes sense, thank you @glacial path 😄

young karma
vestal tendon
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i love the touch of purple

young karma
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nice

glacial path
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@young karma wow! that's such a cool look - the magenta really pops! I love how you kept the sky nice and bright. Just a itty bitty hint of clarity and you're ready to print that image 😄

young karma
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ok

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@young karma *kept the sky nice and bright. sorry for the typo 😛

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Hey @rustic tree can you post the original please 😃 ?

young karma
oblique bramble
cold cedar
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@timid pasture I agree with you, #2 works best.

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@young karma I think you did the right thing. While you could fix the cold color temperature, making it black & white fixes the whole issue. Given the motive, it also makes total sense 😃

rustic tree
true pewter
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@glacial path Thanks! I applied split toning and played with the color saturation and hue. I hope to learn more about using gradients so I can adjust the sky separate from the ocean.

dusk tusk
dark quiver
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Day 1 here we go!

dusk tusk
dark quiver
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Solid tips by the way I love all the different ways you showed us to do this. You obviously know your stuff!

deep mango
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Here's my Day 1 photos before and after 😃

dark quiver
deep mango
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I welcome constructive feedback if you have any insight!

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😃

deep mango
dark quiver
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@deep mango wow! That's a huge improvement on the photo. It went from grey to vibrant! I like the higher contrast on the "after" photo too. Props.

high mesa
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The original was taken at nightfall on the beach sheltering from a rain storm

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deep mango
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Thanks @dark quiver 😃

dusk tusk
eternal cypress
high mesa
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@young karma - what a cool image in B&W, well done

hearty prism
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nice

hearty prism
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thanks!

grizzled goblet
eternal cypress
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@grizzled goblet I love your B&W! It's so crisp and clear.

blissful patrol
young karma
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thank you

tall sequoia
proper egret
young karma
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@glacial path idk what you mean by "clarity" so i guessed what you meant and sharpened it

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@young karma oh sorry, I should have clarified (hehe). one moment, let me start Photoshop

young karma
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wow nice pun

glacial path
glass bridge
young karma
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ok

glass bridge
glacial path
young karma
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yes

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thanks

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ive never heard of camera raw

glacial path
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@young karma it is an awesome part of Photoshop and great fun to play around with 😄

young karma
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ok

warm cloud
glacial path
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@young karma this is how it could look. Keep in mind, you should not crank up all three sliders to the max like I did here. I just wanted to show a difference 😃 Instead, you can keep the effect quite subtle

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young karma
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that looks way better

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many thanks for showing me this

glacial path
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@young karma Have some fun with the sliders, see where they take you 😄 (before applying the filter, I have selected the sky so I don't affect the foreground)

deep mango
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I was just lookng for the Profile option in the Camera Raw filter but it's not showing up

young karma
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go to filter

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top of screen

blissful patrol
hearty prism
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@high mesa why the middle finger lol

rigid bobcat
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Before and after! I love learning more efficient ways to do photo editing in Photoshop! Thank you for doing this!

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dark lotus
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@mellow quail Very nice use of B&W. Otherwise a fairly uninteresting image.

deep mango
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Alright, here's my before and after for Day 2, looking forward to your feedback 😃

indigo panther
crisp swan
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Went with two copies. One all black and white while the other one has the coster left in.

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errant talon
golden parcel
gritty mortar
solar zinc
half estuary
thorn narwhal
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@gritty mortar I like your varied tones in the range of shadows on both of these, while keeping the highlights a bit muted and less of a contrast. It's a very controlled approach which looks like a taste you've developed in processing between your two edits!

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@indigo panther Funny how converting to black and white can bring the details back a bit into the highlights! I would consider playing with the less contrasty, more muted approach even more, or seeing if you can fully vignette the rose in a deeper black. You should be able to achieve this by combining with some of the techniques in lighting from yesterday, either with curves or levels!

light nebula
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@glacial path Hadn't updated my CameraRaw I also now have texture, thought was with PS not RAW. But alas, I used it and is smoothed the clous out.

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thorn narwhal
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@deep mango I love both versions of this photograph! You have seem to done a great job keeping the integrity in the levels nearly perfectly between the two. Only thing I would considering is muting your range of darker tones in the ground running in the lower bit of the image. For me it competes with the light feel I get from the rest of the photograph (the only other darker bits of the photo being the beaks/faces of the swans).

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@blissful patrol Awesome edit! Curious how you achieved the black for the sky -- did you use the B&W adjustment layer, or mask out the original sky?

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@glass bridge Cool to see you use the same image from Day 1 (I think? Or I'm getting super tired). Everything looks really nice here again. I would consider pushing the highlights in the wood/boardwalk to see how it plays with those little pops of white in the sky. Could balance the image out even more nicely without losing the overall tonal feel.

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@tall sequoia this looks nice! Good job keeping the detail in the softness of the water flowing without blowing it out too much. Only thing I'd say is that in the B&W version I'm losing the tree and contrast in the greenery around the waterfall. I'd consider trying to darken those "green" values to see how that impacts the overall result, or selectively burning in select spots to control the focus of the image.

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@grizzled goblet Much stronger in B&W! Are you using the shadows/highlights tool in your edit before converting the grayscale, or achieving these levels in directly in your B&W conversion?

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@hearty prism This is nice! It might be a tad too harsh for my taste personally, but I think that might only be because of that bright light highlight where the sun is. I wonder what the image would look like if you muted that part of the photo a little?

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@eternal cypress I can see what you mean in your Stockholm skyline here! For me, the depth of levels in the bridge and in its shadows look really nice. It falls a bit flat to me in B&W in the blues of the sky/water in the reflection. Since you have the extreme highlights in the clouds towards that surround the buildings, I'd play around with adding a bit of the vignetting back in that you're seeing on the edges of the color photograph (but not too much so you're not losing the overall tonal effect of the B&W version).

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@high mesa funny how your B&W makes it look like daytime instead of nighttime! Super cool. For me the vignette is a bit harsh, mainly in the top left corner. I'd consider lessening it or masking it out to create such a perfected faded gradient in that area. It Works really nicely for me in the lower left + right corners in the sand!

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@dark quiver Good job adjusting the levels in this photo! Two things stick out to me, which could be easily fixed with a little masking: the harsh whites in the clouds are a bit distracting from the main subject in the image, and the skin tone of the figure looks a tad too unnaturally warm/saturated to me. This might be from pushing the adjustments in the rest of the image, which I think works nicely everywhere else. Could be a fun photo to work with for the remainder of the challenges as well!

hearty prism
blissful wolf
daring charm
blissful patrol
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@thorn narwhal you have to use the black and white option and adjust the blues until you get that result. You need a blue sky to get that result.

thin jetty
errant talon
thorn narwhal
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@blissful wolf I love how light these leaves are. I wonder what it'd look like if you tried darkening the background to nearly full black?

upper notch
dark quiver
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@thorn narwhal thanks for the suggestions! I'll mask those sections off and see what I can do.

thorn narwhal
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@thin jetty For day one, nice subtle changes in warmth for making the overall image pop a bit more! Day two is nice as well - I'd consider increasing your highlights and maybe even a bit of the mid levels a bit to achieve a similar feel in contrast a bit more effectively. You could even play with leaving all of the product in color and darkening/desaturating the background for a similarly cool effect in that second edit.

icy mirage
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I'd love to be able to add more texture in the sky, but not sure it is there.

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thorn narwhal
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@errant talon How cool do those lines in the flower look, especially in b&w? Overall I'd consider deepening your black/dark values to make things pop a bit more overall.

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@icy mirage You could play around with the shadows/highlights tool (Images > Adjustments > Shadows/Highlights) to try to recover even more of the sky information, then masking in just the bits where you want to add a bit more of the texture.

oblique bramble
past canopy
outer sleet
thorn narwhal
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@oblique bramble Both look nice! I'd consider in both darkening your green values to give more contrast against those pure white petals. Could add a bit more of a "punch" that way!

trail turret
obtuse haven
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I'm sorry. I kinda couldn't resist having some fun with face manipulation in Photoshop

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sudden mesa
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Hi I just joined, here I leave my photos for PS Daily Challenge (original)

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