#✂challenges-feedback

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sudden mesa
signal peak
grizzled goblet
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@thorn narwhal everything was done in camera raw after I selected the BW profile I liked the most for this image (BW2) 😃

vale nova
jolly epoch
split hearth
dusky raven
cold cedar
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@outer sleet Nice image! A bit off kilter, though. Might want to rotate it to the right to get the buildings on the horizon straight? The ones in the front will still look good.

south valley
solar canopy
bleak kite
young karma
naive yew
gloomy arch
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Day two before:

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And after

vague slate
minor pollen
umbral laurel
dreamy prairie
young karma
manic sage
thorny jewel
final niche
ember aurora
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I tried to get a balance between the heavy lights and darks, but I feel the sky is a little too dark for my tastes.

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Is there a better way to shift the sky without changing the overall lights for the image?

young karma
rose lagoon
young karma
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@rose lagoon Nice VW image! Is it yours?

rose lagoon
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Thanks @young karma . Took it from unsplash

vestal tendon
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Curious about your choice to make the trees coloured. It really shifts the focus away from the vw which i would assume is the subject. Nice pic though

rose lagoon
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@vestal tendon tried to make it look different. It's just an experiment😃

vestal tendon
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I see! Thats fair ^^

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Just watch the edges of your subject if you're masking colour in, i usually reduce the flow of the brush to make it a loooot softer so the colour doesn't bleed off as much

rose lagoon
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Thanks a bunch for the feedback. I will keep that in mind😃

vale merlin
vestal tendon
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@rose lagoon very nice!

final niche
fast belfry
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How much do I have left?

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And can I use stock images?

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Or pictures from the web?

high mesa
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@thorn narwhal thank you for your comments, really appreciated.

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Thanks for the heads up from those who reacted. I will try to give reaction but there are so many great images up here. Cool stuff folks!

leaden lintel
proper trout
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day 2 challenge

analog bobcat
young karma
upbeat owl
young karma
lucid elm
young karma
eager shadow
young karma
outer sleet
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@cold cedar Thanks for the feedback! :D
I'll try that!

fast belfry
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@young karma You could maybe add more depth in the picturen

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It looks a little bit flat rn

young karma
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@fast belfry Thx. I added some blur to the background. Is this better? What are other options to create some depth. Do you have any suggestions please?

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fast belfry
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It does a look a little bit 'fake' now, you can maybe try to add more shadows

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You can still use the blur but I should make it less prominent

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It is not be rude or something 😅

young karma
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I’m happy you are suggesting, i’m here to learn. Thx This is my correction

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fast belfry
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No problem

young karma
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Thank you. I will look at it as soon as i get back. Must be off now. Thx again

young karma
peak warren
high mesa
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@hearty prism Middle finger? What have I missed? Oh v nice work on the Eiffel T great contrast achieved with texture between sky, tower and leaves. 😀

thorn narwhal
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@sudden mesa all three really nice edits! In both the B&W and lighting edits, I'd suggest darkening some of your midtone/shadow values. Conversely, if you'd prefer to keep the light, airy feel that you have with the brighter highlight range, I'd consider just toning down the highlights a bit to make everything a bit more equally muted for the entire range.

@vale nova Nice job with the first challenge straightening out your horizon line as well! The greens in the background are a really nice but subtle touch. With the B&W, I'd consider playing around to get more contrast in your midrange values. Right now, it's a bit hard to separate the car from the grass/ground as they fall into the same range tonally!

@split hearth I really like this edit of the Eiffel Tower and the subtle HDR approach. The trees really pop. One thing I would consider is to burn in the shadows towards the top of the tower as it gets lighter closer to the sun just a bit to keep it consistent with the range you can see in the base of it.

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@south valley Nice image! It works nicely in B&W as I think the contrast between the lightness in the shelves contrast well with the darkness of his clothes and make him even more of the central focus.

calm lance
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Oh good, it shows the most recent addition.

thorn narwhal
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@solar canopy Lovely! Sometimes B&W is a great fix for images with tricky lighting, like here in the bathroom. One thing I'd consider is brightening up the highlights in the figure so that she's not competing with her reflection (as that side of the image is a tad lighter).
@young karma I wish this was my home! In the B&W I'm jut losing a bit of the details in the chairs and the objects on the table, so I'd just consider brightening those up a bit. On the flip side, I'd also think about bringing the shadows darker outside to match the same range of levels you have in the interior.

weary mirage
fast belfry
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I am going to try something too

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I have 40 minutes left 😅 😂

thorn narwhal
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@young karma Something to consider to get more depth would be to push the highlights in the foreground and make them duller in the background. Right now, with the whitest values in the clouds, it competes for attention from the buildings. If you manage to flip this, you might get a better result!

fresh salmon
fast belfry
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It feels like there is missing something, so feedback is appreciated 😃

haughty sequoia
fast belfry
deep mango
glacial solstice
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Day 2 submission for the #psdailychallenge / B&W Conversion. The video for this challenge was amazing. My conversion goto has always been "old school" and I have never been that happy with the results. Thanks to @gloomy flare .

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crimson niche
fast belfry
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Wow it does work so good with that photo, good job!

young karma
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@thorn narwhal thx. You’re right

patent relic
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@crimson niche , nice job

true pewter
young karma
uncut ginkgo
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Lovely work everybody, this thread is looking super epic with these contrast-y black & white shots 😮

gaunt forge
austere nova
valid crow
grave thorn
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PSdailychallenge2, PSdailychallenge3. Before and after, color to B/W and crop to recompose.

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...plus a little cropping to bring the vanishing point to the upper left third, and I removed some conspicuous advertising on one of the buildings.

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vague slate
weak flax
wet kettle
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Used rule of thirds to line the subject(s). Added a friend off in the distance because why not? 😅

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untold jungle
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@wet kettle the bird is way, way way way too large. Is that seagull supposed to be larger than a human? Also, I like the lighting but you made certain areas too dark, losing all of the color information. But overall, good job

wet kettle
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@untold jungle That's a whale haha 😂
Yeah it was a quick edit, I agree it's a little too dark, working on an edit adding some highlights back into the shot. Have to work on it sparingly as I am currently at work 😓
Thanks for the feedback

untold jungle
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Lmfao! From distance it looks exactly like a seagull

light nebula
untold jungle
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Like exactly

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@wet kettle

gritty salmon
neon palm
frank basin
chilly holly
lofty saddle
orchid plank
fast belfry
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@frank basin Is that your son?

young karma
vagrant sorrel
young karma
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huh

peak zinc
young karma
summer mica
sturdy thunder
summer mica
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@wet kettle because your that good. love it

viscid aurora
vapid niche
wild quail
cold cedar
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@solar canopy Really like the image of the woman in the bathroom. I even like the golden hue.If you decided to fix the lighting first, try a levels adjustment. Use the white eyedropper on the sink and the black eyedropper on the dark item behind her. I tried it and the photo was even more lovely. Then I tried masking her so she and her reflection were in color. That was cool.

wild quail
mossy venture
cold cedar
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@grave thorn No more Toyota! Good job.

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@Owan A whale of an idea.😄

light nebula
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@mossy venture great job on the horizon. May want to consider the placement of the surfers as well. 😃

young karma
wild quail
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@young karma how do you post them (2 photos) in one message?

tulip fern
thick owl
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really nice contrast @gaunt forge

glacial path
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@gaunt forge I love the clarity!

lunar mango
sturdy thunder
tall sequoia
warm kestrel
high mesa
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@lunar mango - so much more in the B&W, great pic

warm kestrel
lunar mango
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@high mesa Thanks!!

still harness
young karma
light nebula
young karma
urban berry
bronze summit
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I tried my hand at cropping and fixing today's daily challenge photo. It looks pretty good in my opinion.

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high mesa
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@gloomy flare and other staff - do we need to submit projects with just cropping or should they now incorporate what we have learned so far?

peak zinc
dark lotus
dapper basin
sand pilot
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I'm starting this challenge a few days late. Here's what I was able to do with them

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young karma
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I took the photo of terry and one of mine. In mine I tried to make the sky more interesting ... in a few minutes and cut it to the best (the sun was already too cut in the original) In that of terry I tried to blend the less interesting parts as well as to use the '1/3.

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coral stone
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I'll fix that left issue with the clone stamp 😛

ornate saffron
errant talon
peak warren
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@errant talon I think it is Ocean Beach, the west edge of San Francisco. That's the Pacific, if I am right. Weather looks typical, haha.

dark lotus
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Further work - Cropped (the dude is gone and there is less "noise" on either side of the sunsert) brushed in more blue luninesence, created more contrast in the sky.

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raven hearth
blazing quail
timid pasture
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Original uncropped photo. ("Castle" ruins, Haha Tonka St. Park, Camdenton, Mo.) DJI Inspire 1 drone. We had such a wonderful sky that day.

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rich sequoia
fast moth
warm kestrel
south valley
kindred kernel
queen surge
amber wren
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Here is my first view, I would hang this result in my living room . Hope you like it . Blue haters probably are going to puke , anyway hope you like it

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warm kestrel
dark lotus
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@coral stone isn't the first one the cropped version?

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@queen surge I think your "after" lost some of its clairity, or are they labled backwards?

deep mango
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@amber wren I love the blue theme of the image it looks really fresh and it gives me the summer vibe 😃

safe dome
glossy wadi
rain parrot
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witch came first

late musk
safe dome
lofty saddle
thorn narwhal
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@dark lotus I dig this crop on the glacier image! The crop works nicely to keep that sunset in center and it makes that dark ground in the bottom right less distracting as well.

urban berry
thorn narwhal
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@timid pasture I agree with your thoughts on showing the sky more! It allows the eye to travel through the images from the castle up. I actually don't think your original image needs much cropping - I like the structure centered and seeing its surroundings for contrast and to make it seem more regal. Maybe I'd just crop out a little bit from the bottom? Have you tried it in other aspect ratios? A tad wider of a frame might be nice.

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@rich sequoia I dig your warm tones here! Highlights look pretty good in the water as well. I'd consider bringing the white surfboard to about that same level as well so you don't lose the focal point. Would also make sure the horizon line on the water is straightened out!

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@fast moth Cool idea making a vertical go horizontal to give more interest! I would move your crop down just a bit to lose some of the feathers and give the bottom of the image just a little more room to breathe so the viewer can fully get a sense of the motion.

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@south valley I too have been thinking about how to make this image more interesting with an alternative approach to cropping. While I agree in trying to tell a story, I think maybe your approach would be better if you tried it where they'd be coming in from the left size, instead of walking off the right? This crop makes it a bit harder to navigate the eye around the frame, especially with the darker sand competing on the left. Alternatively, I wonder what it would look like if you kept your crop but tried cropping the surfers out even more?

dark lotus
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After cropping and using the brush tool to allow the belly colors to emerge.

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deep mango
thorn narwhal
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@amber wren Fun crop! This is definitely pushed enough where your treatment of the horizon line is an obvious choice. Love the contrasting spot of red in the board as well.

deep mango
coral stone
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@dark lotus it’s the second. I used the crop tool to apply the rule of thirds

wet kettle
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Alright Round 2 on the cropping image. Tried to make the image more interesting with a new sky and added some more waves in the distance. Had a tough time making the tones mesh. Kind of ran out of time unfortunately. Any feedback would be appreciated!

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dark lotus
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@deep mango after is much better as my eye doesn't get lost in the steer foreground.

dreamy bloom
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Daily creative challenge #day2 . Any comments are most welcomed. I applied radial blur to the sky to imitate long exposure effect.

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young karma
sly turtle
gaunt forge
thorn narwhal
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@wet kettle If only the original image had a sky this cool! I think where you might be running into issues tonally is the coolness in the water (especially in the new added waves) compared to the warmth and purples of the sky. They just read a tad too cyan/blue to me. Crop-wise, I'd consider coming in a tad on the left and moving the new whale dude over to the right. Tonally on him, It seems like his shadow range might be a touch too dark for being that far out in the distance. Hope this helps!

gaunt forge
tropic herald
thorn narwhal
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@warm kestrel love this crop to make the yellow more of a solid background! If you can manage it, it might be cool to keep the figure in center with an even amount of the yellow on either side in a square composition.

dark lotus
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@young karma I have to say I like the color better. It feels a bit more real to me.

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@tropic herald makes all the difference!

rustic tree
dark lotus
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@sly turtle this allows mw to look into his eyes and connect! Really good.

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@wet kettle You had me until the bird. I get the idea but huuummmm?

wet kettle
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@dark lotus I'm not sure why everyone thinks it's a bird... Did you enlarge the image? It's a whale.

south valley
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@thorn narwhal I redid the crop to cut more out though I left them on the right of the image. I suppose with the surfers on the left of the image they appear to be entering and thus beginning, while having them on the right makes it look as they are leaving the frame, and thus have finished surfing. With the darkness on the left of the image it sort of emphasizes the end. Sorry, if I seem confrontational, just practicing for my return to grad school and future defense critiques.

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sly turtle
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Thanks @dark lotus !

dark lotus
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@wet kettle Hilarious! I had even enlarged it but now I see the whale. OK. My comment stands. Maybe just too much going on witht he added whale.

wet kettle
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@thorn narwhal Cool, I'll try adding a bit of warmth to the water and mess around with the location of the subjects. Thanks!

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@dark lotus Haha fair enough! It was mostly just for fun to try and spice the image up a bit. I'll try taking him out with the new sky I added. Cheers!

thorn narwhal
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@south valley It's good to be able to defend your choices! I think it works much better with them cropped out slightly more like you have it in the new crop 😃

raven hearth
gloomy arch
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@wet kettle love the whale 😂

neon palm
dreamy prairie
fast belfry
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@neon palm I really like the colors

neon palm
proper egret
fast belfry
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To be honest, I liked the first version more, I think that you must show a bit more of the environment 😃 @neon palm

amber wren
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@neon palm Imo I think the Snake is part of the main story telling, by cropping it, it will lose the real point

weary mirage
wispy compass
amber wren
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@weary mirage Deep voice says " Day 35 , Turtle still thinks is a Rock " 😂 😂

young karma
covert osprey
young karma
dapper basin
glacial path
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@dapper basin great idea with the saturation! but be careful, the water looks pretty green and if you boost it too much, you will introduce color noise.

wet kettle
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Okay final one I promise
@thorn narwhal Think the tones are better?
@dark lotus No bird whales in sight this time 😂

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dark lotus
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@wet kettle Go to print! I am hoping that by the end of the course I can do this. Did you use layers?

neon palm
wet kettle
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@dark lotus It's all about practice. Watch tutorials and play around with the techniques that you like and work the best. You will hear the adobe evangelists on the live videos mention, there is a thousand ways to accomplish any task. Pick the workflows that work best for you 👍
And yes I used quite a few layers to accomplish this. Here is a snapshot of my panel

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summer mica
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@wet kettle I wanna grow up to be JUST LIKE YOU!!!

north arrow
dapper basin
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Thanks @glacial path 🤝

desert leaf
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Hello, all, joining in late this week but I really was amazed at the dehaze option from yesterday's b&w video so I tried some of that, as well as saturation and vibrance to pull out more colors. Not super impressed, like he said it's not the best photo, but it's probably similar to a photo I'd take as I'm only slightly better than a beginner 😃 Any thoughts or suggestions?

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north arrow
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Thought I would do one of my own as well - Cheetah from the Milwaukee County Zoo - Before.

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indigo panther
silk violet
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hi

glacial path
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@desert leaf yes! The Dehaze slider can be pure magic sometimes. just like the new texture slider. just one thing: always be on the look for noise, especially color noise (which you can fix in Camera Raw)

desert leaf
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@indigo panther really like the crop! Personally, not the biggest fan of that glaze on the photo, I might have even increased the contrast myself. But I love the colors and how you cropped it to really focus on your subject (you?)

wild quail
indigo panther
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@desert leaf It's not me haha it was a client who got a free retouching from me. I agree with the glaze, thank you for your feedback! ♥

glacial path
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@indigo panther nice one! I like the crop but the colors are a bit washed out in your after image. This can be a cool look but looks less natural. If you're going for a more stylized look, you should totally try out even more combinations - shadows with a blue color wash, black&white, more extreme color grading. The sky is the limit 😄

gritty mortar
desert leaf
glacial path
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@desert leaf yeeeees! much better 😄

rain parrot
glacial path
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@wild quail nice black&white version 😃 Only one thing: the chin and the hair is touching the edge of the image. next time, try to leave some breathing room 👍

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@rain parrot that's actually a pretty difficult image to cut out. Did you use the Select and Mask dialog?

rain parrot
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yes.why?

glacial path
rain parrot
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kk

amber wren
glacial path
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it will help you with the soft fur texture @rain parrot

rain parrot
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k

robust leaf
wild quail
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@glacial path thanks for the feedback 😃

glacial path
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@north arrow yes! I think you could go even closer 😃 Awesome shot by the way

cold cedar
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@neon palm I love this image. I think I would crop it with a little bit of the basket so the snake doesn't look like he just photo-bombed but that's just an idea.

glacial path
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@wet kettle woah! what a great sky 😄 So good 😃 I like how you matched the colors to the sunset sky. The only thing that's slightly distracting is the over-saturated red color on the surfboard.

wispy compass
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😀

wet kettle
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@glacial path Thanks Tim! Didn't even think of that, I was so focused on getting the images to match 😂

thorn narwhal
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@wet kettle yes, much!

wild quail
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Just made a simple crop and adjusted colour and temperature (i know it is a really purple now but i like it somehow) #psdailychallenge3

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rigid bobcat
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I know Terry hates this photo but I don't think it's all that bad once you crop in and brighten it up. I used the Camera Raw filter and thought it did a great job!

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wild quail
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@rigid bobcat Yeah i think it did a great job... better said: You did a great job with this!:)

rigid bobcat
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awe thank you @wild quail !

glass bridge
torn geyser
uneven lark
vital fjord
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@uneven lark I would probably straighten it for the fountain surrounding the water spout and see how that looks. It seems too sideways to me

uneven lark
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Thanks

vital fjord
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you're welcome 😃

covert osprey
dark quiver
heady dawn
frosty bay
blissful wolf
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Hi @thorn narwhal! I can try that, thank you for the advice....

thin jetty
blissful wolf
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PSdailichallenge Day 2- Black and white photography - Darker background...

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gloomy arch
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Day 3 - Crops

grave thorn
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PSdailychallenge - Day 3 - Crop and Recompose. I used the content-aware crop tool to add background and Camera Raw filter to adjust the image.

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sturdy thunder
minor pollen
cold cedar
oblique bramble
rustic tree
dusky raven
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So, again, I am very new to PS. Alongside the daily lessons, I've been tinkering with little projects here and there to get more familiar with the tools, use of layers and masks, etc. Here I have an image that was free to use, the original from Pexels (by Mark Smith). I'm sure for many of you this is rudimentary, but I wanted to play around. So here is my take on multicolored eyes.

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minor pollen
bold valley
upbeat owl
solar canopy
warm kestrel
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😀

uncut belfry
past canopy
dusky raven
young karma
vale nova
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@thorn narwhal Thanks for the feedback - I've had another go at adjusting it. Not sure it's a lot better - any suggestions?

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gentle elk
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day 3 PS challenge

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before and after on the behance

coral stone
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Beautiful work @gentle elk

gentle elk
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thank you @coral stone I appreciate it, any tips?

coral stone
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It's great! I like the way you applied the rule of thirds preserving the subject's and the water focus

gentle elk
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ok cool, thanks, I'll try to keep that up

sudden mesa
gentle elk
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nice @sudden mesa

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Did this one a few weeks ago, any advice on waterfront photos?

wraith surge
gentle elk
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nice @wraith surge looks great

young karma
wraith surge
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@gentle elk Thank you!

gentle elk
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I like how you kept the sunset

wraith surge
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@gentle elk Thanks. It was difficult to bring out shadows and not blowing out the sunset.

gentle elk
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yeah I know the feeling lol

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you did a good job on it

fast moth
sharp path
rain monolith
hollow sage
young karma
fast belfry
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Wow the after version looks so much sharper well done 👍🏼

young karma
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thank you 😊

high mesa
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@wild quail nice work with the crop, get rid of the duck, then its just the girls and time

uncut belfry
sour adder
tulip fern
glossy wadi
young karma
vestal tendon
dreamy bloom
tame coyote
uncut belfry
rain monolith
young karma
young karma
tidal stream
fringe thicket
fast belfry
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Is it new that we say ‘Before’ and ‘After’ in our first language 😛

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I will do it too 😉

pastel vessel
grim ermine
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PS Daily Challenge day 2

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I am confused as to which one from the follow are perfect?!

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So I did 2

floral robin
young karma
maiden flax
fast belfry
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@grim ermine Nice work! I like the first one more, there are more details in that one.

maiden flax
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thank you

fast belfry
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@maiden flax Nice work too, but it looks a bit too purple in my opinion.

maiden flax
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thanks for the feedback

grim ermine
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Thanks @fast belfry !

fast belfry
vapid niche
fast belfry
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Nice work

desert leaf
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@high mesa That's a great photo and great crop!

thorn narwhal
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@fast moth Love the new crop!

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@vale nova Yeah, there's definitely more of a separation now! I guess on the flipside you're losing the rich depth of shadows you have in the truck in the original, but for me it does help to be able to distinguish the subject from the background more like you have it.

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@thin jetty looks great! Love the clipping mask edit

zenith lichen
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Original

jolly epoch
young karma
thorn narwhal
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@sturdy thunder oh wow, that squirrel is so ominous now! I dig the new approach, very dramatic without being over the top.
@upbeat owl I dig the new aspect ratio with your crop choice! The inclusion of a lot of sky gives the image a lot of nice room to breathe and becomes very atmospheric.
@uncut belfry Wow, really nice image amplified by your edits! What are we looking at here? One thing I'd consider is bringing the highlight range in the sky so it doesn't compete with how the eye travels from the bottom left of the frame, up diagonally.
@dusky raven I wonder how this image would look as a square crop, or with the head more centered? Because the focus is so selective, I'd imagine it's hard for that focal point to not be perfectly in the middle.
@young karma This image is lovely cropped vertical! I'd consider leaving a tad more room around her (particularly above her head) so she doesn't feel so "trapped" within the frame.
@gentle elk Great photo of the photographer! I do miss the grandeur of seeing the entire water splash behind the subject a bit. Wondering if there's a new ratio that would allow us to see a bit more of that effect?
@luckiest.id#4887 your lighting adjustments look nice here. You should use this edit to do the crop challenge as well to make it even better!

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@maiden flax I personally like the purple + warmer tones! makes the contrast between the blue and red less severe and gives an overall more serious impact

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@young karma These are lovely! I actually think with the first image of the fog, you need a bit more of foreground to help anchor the frame. Because the tones are so muted through the fog, I don't mind giving everything a little bit more room to breathe than usual. The second crop and edit is really strong! Love all the rich textures in the trees and the road.

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@grim ermine I think your B&W Adjustment edit is much stronger! I love the contrast without relying too heavily on highlights. I would use whichever editing method you have found is best for you, there's no "right" answer!

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@young karma solid crop and your color correction is spot on here!

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idk where to put this, but where can i find free pictures?

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i have a camera, but im too lazy

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@thorn narwhal Thank you for your feedback. I originally had a little more foreground but decided to remove it. Personal taste I guess 😂

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@uncut belfry Funny how cropping and rotating the frame can add much more energy to the photo, with that rollerblader going down more of a dramatic hill now!

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complete darkness

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woah

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@tulip fern Nice work! I'd consider editing or cropping out that gutter on the left, just so it's not such a harsh linear line competing in the edge of the frame, especially while you've adjusted everything else perfectly.
@glossy wadi really nice B&W! Only thing I'd watch is losing the detail in the trees and cabin with those super dark values. Love the pushing of the highlights in the clouds and on the path. Also, sorry I couldn't help more with your Camera RAW set-up!
@vestal tendon I dig the cool blues in the whites/highlights! A nice complementary contrast with the yellow of the rest of the structure. I'd consider just shaving off the top rails and bottom line in your crop as well - it might really emphasize the curve of those two parallel lines that carry the key through the frame and make it seem like it continues on forever.

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@unique skiff wow those greens! So beautiful. I can't tell from the original file, but is there a way that you can have the circle of the fountain structure completely in frame in your crop, or does it have to be slightly cut off at the bottom there like you have it?

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when i took the photo i should make some room at the bottom , u r right

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@unique skiff you could try to use the clone tool just to recreate the bottom of the fountain, but also really not the end of the world! B&W is cool too. Becomes a much more abstracted figure especially because you lose the midtones in the water. Reminds me of some sort of crazy eye or something.

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heah, try to vision a different kind of fountain

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@young karma There are quite a few stock sites that are free usage. Try pexels, pixabay, and unsplash. Those are my favorite

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My husband took this photo this morning after a big storm. He called it 'LIFE OF A FARM DOG".

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@weak flax very nicely done!!

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@light nebula Very nice 😃

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Thank you @fast belfry

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@floral robin Question is, Are you happy with it? It has a dramatic effect, if that is your thing, then you did great

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Wise but true words

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Daily Challenge #3 Crop: picture of a dove sitting on my DirecTV dish.
BEFORE

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I like the idea behind it 😂

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@glacial path - can't make the live cast tonight, what time is the video available from to watch later?

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@high mesa right after the stream is over

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@high mesa so... in 3h

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@glacial path - cool, thx😀

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@light nebula I like the dramatic feel, but I think I prefer it without the border. More like the first one I did. Still a bit dramatic, but not overkill.

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Excellent @floral robin

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@glass bridge Great job on the b&w conversion! Which method did you use?

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@young karma free images: pexels, unsplash, pixabay

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@young karma Your crop looks good, I like where you placed the horses head.

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@past canopy I love the conversion; I wonder, though if the sky might be a bit too dark. I think I would try, if possible, lightening just the very top of the photo so it didn't have a dark line, my eye sort of gets stuck there.

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@trail turret I love the photo of the dogs! Did you try the mask? I think it would be so cool if you could mask the dog in the front so the color popped just on the brown and white dog.

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@thorn narwhal yeah I wish I could keep the splash, I'll play around with it and see what I can do. Thanks for the feedback!

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@wraith surge thank you!

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@fast belfry Thanks so much!

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@young karma Love the pony!

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😃

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@vapid niche is that your photo?

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@fast belfry yep! All the photos I'm using are mine.

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Ahh nice

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Can I give some feedback?

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@fast belfry, thanks, and sure! Please do!

young karma
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@vapid niche Thank you!

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The composition is a little bit weird, I would place the church in the middle of the photo. And I would also make the photo more light.

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I hope you know what I mean 😅

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CHECK6 @patent mirage has been warned

reason: Mass mention
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@fast belfry, yeah, I had it there, but it didn't look quite right. It wasn't a great photo to start with as you can see from the before photo. And, you are right, it probably needs some more lighting love. I'll play with it some more. And thank you for the feedback! It's the only way I can get better at this!

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I tried to tag the mentors! This is my first time using Discord. Posted my design challenge on #❓ask-a-question

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@vapid niche hmm yeah that’s hard then

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@patent mirage welcome! when you tag folks with a @ mention they get pinged directly - to avoid folks spamming with mass mentions we limit the amount of people you can tag in a post. I recommend just posting your work here in design-feedback. The mentors will see it 😃

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Here it is! The design challenge of the day. Retouching. Hopefully all the mentors see it and I get some legit feedback as well. Hoping for some illustration challenges too! 🙂

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@vapid niche sorry for the second tag, but you could do it a bit like this. I know that this is a bad composition too, but I just took a fast screenshot on my phone.

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But just so that you get the idea

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I like it! It seems warmer and crisper than the non edit. Check out Terry's stream at 12am PT to pick up some extra tops & tricks, you might want to make some changes 😃 @patent mirage

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Looking forward to it! @uncut ginkgo Might have to burn the midnight oil for it as well. haha

young karma
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@vapid niche going further with the photo taken by Kars, I would cut off a bit of the bottom of the photo. Now, my attention goes to the bottom instead of to the church.

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@fast belfry and @young karma What do you think of this crop? This is more centered, and I played with the lighting. Too much? Too boring?

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Way better

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Well done 😃

young karma
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@vapid niche 👌

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Brightened the eyes and teeth a little, removed some crows feet, touched up some blemishes on his forehead, changed the background color, took out the label on the bow tie. I think that's all lol

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Any critique welcome!

young karma
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Nice job @wet kettle !

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The photo almost without PS, the light was only on disk

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Hi, my name is Hafsteinn 😀

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Hi)

wet kettle
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@gloomy flare Thanks Terry! I look forward to seeing your approach

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@fast belfry Thanks!

fringe thicket
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PS Daily Challenge 2 Black and White
I used the Camera Raw Filters and I added some drama in the clouds with an extra layer for adjusting curves

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@quaint latch love the crop! And, yes, looking through my photos I either need to purge a bunch or do a lot of post processing!

young karma
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wonderful

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timid pasture
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@timid pasture Cool photo! Badlands are awesome, I'm sure with a couple tweaks you could totally get some of the color banding in the rocks to pop a bit more

light nebula
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Thank you @gloomy flare for the tips. Sometimes we get in our workflow and forget about other tools.

young karma
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@wet kettle Thank you, good sir! I may fiddle a bit more with the targeted adjustments to bring out the strata banding a bit more. I also did a little fiddling with the new texture slider. I'm thinking about submitting this to Adobe Stock as well..

floral viper
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stunning! Much better

grave hound
sly turtle
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Olga - original photo. A lovely Russian model I photographed a few years ago. Original shot on 35mm film. Remember film?

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@vapid niche thanks! 🙏

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Olga - Retouched. I cropped out a bit of the bald sky, took out a few blemishes (I left her mole over her right eye), got rid of a few stray hairs, took out the distracting red car, reduced the shine on her skin just a tad, and bumped the color a little bit. Also used the new texture slider in Camera Raw to add just a touch of smoothing to her skin.

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Thanks for the feedback @thorn narwhal ! You are right the gutter on the left was too distracting. I briefly thought about it and felt like it was too much a part of the house. But after editing it away and also some of the white paste on top of the roof it looks like a better image. And I think it now can be my Day 4 submission as well ;).

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dark quiver
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I'd like some advice on this one. I masked my Day One Challenge, and I corrected my skin tone, but I couldn't mediate the harsh whites of the clouds. @thorn narwhal

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How can I mediate them? They're so bright (250/250/250)

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@floral viper nice work!

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@dark quiver Skin tone looks much better! With the clouds, you might be out of luck -- if the initial image is overexposed it loses detail to recover (on the flip side, underexposed/darker images are way easier to recover as they capture for "visual information"). My only suggestion would be to burn in the highlights or use a general adjustment layer mask to lessen those harsh whites down to a lighter grey. It would probably still give off the same effect, but in a less contrasty manner. All that said, I think even just by fixing the skintones the image comes across much more solidly!

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@tulip fern good catch on the white! It looks great. The white on the right side doesn't even bother me as it's in the sun 😉 great job!

heady dawn
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@crimson niche on your crops -- I think you have the right feeling that your first go is stronger than the second. On the first, I really like how the guy on the left is walking into frame, bordered by the two on the right, and then with the other lines of people walking through the center. It adds some really nice movement around the image. Something I'd consider is retouching out that street sign now located in top right so that it doesn't distract.
On your second image, I'm not sure it makes sense trying to make those two figures a central point. The perspective you have of the road + wall in the original is nice, so it might be cool to keep those guys towards the end of the frame on the right and keep the rest of the frame more about that ominous opening in the wall. I'd definitely also straighten out your horizon line on this one!

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@timid pasture 35mm? Yes, I remember. My first real camera was a Yashica SLR with a CdS light meter that was not TTL. Although my father taught me to use a Mamiya or Minolta TLR, about that same time. Both cameras long gone.

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I used the same retouches Terry used plus I added more hair 😉 , increased the hue of his bottom lip and added a High Pass filter to soften the face.

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XMARK6 Gretchen, this command is disabled in this channel

rigid bobcat
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After! First time using my tablet for editing - Wacom Intuous! It was hard but I do see how practicing with it would make photo editing easier.

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@heady dawn Nice job! Only thing that really jumps out to me is the chin area. The texture there looks as if you've almost added a bit of a beard or something. I think that also might be the noise/texture added to the full image coming through the darker values there, but I would definitely try to touch that up a bit. Zooming in, a similar effect seems to be happening on the cheekbones a bit as well. That said, really nice treatment of the under eyes!

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@floral viper Looks pretty good! Only thing that jumps out really is in the shadow of the neck area, I can see a pretty defined brush outline that appears a bit lighter than the rest of the skin. I'd try to blend that in a bit more if you're able!

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@kindred kernel down to the lint on the jacket! Great job. If we're being picky, I'd suggest making the retouching around the man's eyes a bit more subtle, as the contrast between the shadows around his eyes vs the lightness immediately outside his skin seems a bit unnatural.

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@thorn narwhal @floral viper Thank you for the critiques! The original photo had a lot more contrast - probably to hide those hairs on her face! - so I’ll go back and fix those areas. Thank you much!

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@timid pasture Really great retouching! I'd consider playing around in your lighting and tones a bit to make things pop a bit more - perhaps a warmer palette overall? Still reads a bit desaturated to me, but I think a small few additions could complete a really nice image.

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@sly turtle Perfectly lovely, natural edit in my book! From making the leaves pop in the background to an extremely flattering crop, you've really done this portrait justice. Good job merging all that we've covered so far this week for today's challenge!

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@rigid bobcat Good job on the wrinkles around the eye, the hair has a blurry spot right around his (now gone) thin-hair spot

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@rigid bobcat The hair is now very neat around the edge, nicely done 😃

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@glacial path I know. It's hard with a tablet! I'm much better with a mouse. Had to rush through it too, but I want to go back and practice more!

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@rigid bobcat yeah, it's just a matter of getting used to your tools 😃

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@proper egret nice! his skin is now silky smooth and he looks younger 😃 IMO, his beard looks a bit too soft, I would reduce the effect slightly to bring back the texture.

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@proper egret I like what you did with his hair, but there is a pretty obvious edge here:

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@proper egret I think you could add a fade to make it more... uh. smooth 😃

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oops yes, too obvious thanks @glacial path

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one final thing: his hand still has wrinkles and is not as smooth, I know Terry didn't mention it either - but you probably should apply the same treatment to the hand 😃

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@proper egret ^

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@paper bobcat yup! it looks great - now is your chance to experiment with color and the exposure. See what works, see what doesn't work 😃

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@young karma I see you have darkened the hair. But be careful when doing that because without the right precautions, the colors will get oversaturated or you will lose detail because of color clipping (the dark areas will become pitch plack and will lose all detail, essentially becoming one blob of black). So I would tone down the (probably) curve layer to bring back some of the detail in his hair. Also you should totally try to remove this:

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@jovial jolt nice! the effect is pretty clean - I like it

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Thanks for the feedback, @thorn narwhal ! Greatly appreciated.

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PS Daily Challenge; Yet another Tony Guerrero Retouching

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Here it is, my retouched photo. What do you think? Hey, did you know there is spot healing tool in Camera Raw? I did a couple of retouches with it but not confident with it yet. Next is the actor. I think I want to change his clothing color. We'll see. And, just got my Wacom. Whew! Got a lot to learn to use that! I've have so many years of experience with my mouse that I've having a hard time with it.

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@sly turtle I'm think if coloring his clothes, too. Love that blue!

vale nova
cold cedar
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@axmgl Nice crop! Now, a little brightening maybe?

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uncut belfry
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@thorn narwhal thank you so much for your feedback 😀

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@patent barn Looks good, Nice job!

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@peak warren Yeah, my first "good" camera was a YashicaMat TLR I bought from a friend back in high school. It was completely manual - I learned a lot about f-stops and shutter speeds back then. It's long gone, too.. 😁

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I no sooner post about that YashicaMat camera, and I see a photo with one! Mine wasn't red though..

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@wraith surge Nicely done on the cropping - it really emphasizes the young lady and her YashicaMat. I had one just like that (except it was black not red) many many years ago. 😀

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@timid pasture that is pretty funny, what a coincidence. The camera was another photographers but was a nice prop for the model.

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@thorn narwhal Thanks for the feedback, good sir! 👍 I went back in and fiddled with the Camera Raw profiles a bit, and also played a little with the selective color adjustment layer to punch up the colors a bit. I'm liking it even more...

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@timid pasture my yashica is in storage somewhere

high mesa
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@high mesa I think the crop looks good. I would suggest trying to give a touch more space to the top of the photo.

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With a little artistic fun on the eyes 😃

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@thin jetty - thx for the feedback, it was well spotted

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@thorn narwhal thank you for your detailed and constructive feedback! I was unsure of the second one but just couldn’t pinpoint on it. 😅 Now I have better perspective of how to be cropping it so that it’ll look like there is a better flow 😁

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@young karma You could try adjusting your shadows. In the original you have a lot more shadow in the street. It almost looks like you took all the shadows out. I think if you adjust your midtones and shadows it should help the sky look less green

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After Cropped, background decluttered, necklace and some blemishes and wrinkles removed, teeth whitened, distracting light on tiara removed.

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Psdailychallenge 03-crop and compose, this is me drinking an old fashion by the pool.

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@timid pasture I loved 120 film for the resolution. But I remember ruining more than one roll of film when I threaded it badly on the developer reel, and the emulsion touched to the next turn of the film.

young karma
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Sorry everyone for reminiscing about film. Putting my brain back in pixel-mode.

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@cold cedar

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Hallo little bit late, but here my day 3 challenge before and after

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ok my after photo color are very different in here

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I really like the colors, but I think that you could composite it more equally

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But besides that good job @young karma

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Nice hair 😂

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@umbral laurel - the after image has some aberrations on the background; it looks like ripples may have been caused with lifting highlights? It has the effect of drawing your attention away from the talent. Hope this helps.

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@past canopy - pump it up Doc, give me everything, I want the full $50 makeover, awesome man!

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Good job

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Thanks @high mesa I will fix it.

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They won't let me post the after photo. It is the same, except for retouching: ClydeBOTToday at 8:11 PM
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...so I guess you don't get to see the after photo. It is on my Behance profile, however.

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"explicit"?...stupid bot!

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Here is my submission for Day 4's retouching 😃

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2nd photo credit: Joe Gardner (from Unsplash)

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I'm still pretty new with retouching. Feel free to let me know on which areas I can still improve on while retouching images.

umbral laurel
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How is this one

rancid ocean
young karma
outer sleet
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fast belfry
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Nice work everyone!

young karma
cerulean cosmos
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If the netherlands win whit Eurovision, tips?

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and this the after picture. I wanted to create some kind of magic and mystical atmosphere, but I'm a bit unsure, if it works

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Nice

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Nice!

fast belfry
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Good job

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@peak warren RE: 120 film.... Oh, my... Does that bring back memories..... I even shot 4 X 5 sheet film every now and then. I can't remember how many hours I spent in the dark with funny-smelling chemicals... I made gazillions of 4 X 5 test prints to get one good 8 X 10 or 16 X 20. Had a Beseler 4 X 5 color enlarger and a Jobo drum processor. I think I like my "darkroom" these days a whole lot better... 😆

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@uneven lark The after photo is much better. Good job 😃

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Hey
I am a beginner in Photoshop
I made this Poster for a community event
Can someone review/ give suggestions about how it looks ?

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Hopefully this doesn't violate any guidelines 🙈

fast belfry
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I'll look at it in a moment

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Thank you

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Okay I am here

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@uneven lark Very nice work, I really like the background.

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But I have some feedback for you

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I would suggest to use an other font, and I would make the text also a bit bigger.

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This also a little bit hard to read, it is okay but for people with bad eyes can it be hard to read

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Okay forget that last one, that doesn't make any sense

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But nice work

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@fast belfry okay

sturdy pulsar
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@fast belfry Thank you so much !

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I'll make the changes

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If you have made the changes feel free to tag me 😃

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I don't know if that's even good english, but yeah

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@uneven lark Adding to what @fast belfry said. The background is distracting. I like the pattern but it gets in the way. I suggest desaturating it, but not completely. (For example, use a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer on the BG, and play with % saturation between 0 & midpoint). // on the address text, I suggest Roboto, the Google san serif. It fits their brand. Easy to read, too.

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I agree

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@uneven lark one more thing. I am not super knowledgeable about Google branding. Do the geometric shapes in the BG need to be in Google 4-color red, yellow, blue & green? Or is that overkill?

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@peak warren thank you, let me try again

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@fast belfry @peak warren I made these changes
Roboto wasn't looking good
And yeah just four colours would be a bit much, I guess

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This image was part of an assignment/PS challenge day 4 on retouching. I was not expected to retouch the entire subject. Instead, I focused on the more noticeable issues with the attire (bulging, gaps, and tags). In terms of face, some pores and medium to light wrinkles were reduced, stray hairs removed, slightly increased density of head hair, removed pimples, texture, and light freckling. #PSdailychallenge

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Frankenstein co-opts the tower. Tried to bring out the sun in a stormy sky, imagining the ball in the tower targeting it or projecting it. Fun.

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Just got around to doing day 2 of the challenge. I didn't like b&w on this photo because it looks to meta. I feel going with a different style still can make a photo look good while also keeping it unique.

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Challenge 4 - Retouch I'm not sure if this breaks the rules, but it is a picture of my grandma when she was in school and one of my favorite retouches I've done. Let me know if I need to do another photo of my own.

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@eternal marsh I think the lighting looks really good. It has a great mood. Nice job.

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@wraith surge thank you! 😃

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yesterday/todays challenge retouching

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nice @rain monolith

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@gentle elk thanks 😃 ,and also you great too

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thank you 👍

young karma
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Day 4 - Retouching ... pretty much just followed the tutor's instructions and did whatever he did as I've never used any of those tools before..😀

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My day 4 retouching. Here is me in one those days

naive yew
pearl furnace
neon ice
fringe thicket
dusk crown
fast belfry
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Nice one @dusk crown . But I would leave some breathing room around the flower, but good job 😃

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@fast belfry Thanks! I originally had it cropped like this, but I changed it because the top edge doesn't have any breathing room in the original photo, so it felt a bit uneven. But does that look better, even if it's slightly off-centre?

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Yeah I see what you mean, it is hard then. But this looks a bit better in my opinion. Btw nice retouching 😉

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I didn't even noticed it in the first place

dusk crown
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Yeah, you see my conundrum, haha. The one with more breathing room looks better, you mean? And you didn't notice it was off? In that case, I'll change it to that one. Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. 😃

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And thanks! I've messed around with retouching a few times before.

fast belfry
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Yes I mean that one. 😃

dusk crown
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@fast belfry I decided to do the best of both worlds, and crop it somewhere in between the two. Enough to give it a little breathing room but not so much as to make it as noticeably off-center. 😃

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👍

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Looks good

dusk crown
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Thanks 😄

young karma
fast belfry
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👍

jovial moss
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Hi everyone, just caught up on day 1 and think I have done OK with the provided image. Have tried with two of my own but results aren't as good 😦 Anyone have any advice on how to enhance the ET one it looks oversaturated to me? Thanks in advance

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fast belfry
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Nice work! I really like the first one, the colors are very cool. The ET one is a bit oversaturated, but it gives a cool effect in my opinion.

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You could try to remove the bars, but that's up to you 😉

jovial moss
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Thanks @fast belfry I will have another go at the ET one. I did try removing the bars but got a little stuck at the wheel spokes 😃

fast belfry
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Ohh yeah that's hard

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I would love to see the result, so please tag me 😃

jovial moss
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Thanks I will have a go.

fast belfry
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Okay bye

eternal marsh
gentle elk
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jovial moss
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@opaque sigil Love the image colours and sky. Well done

gentle elk
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Looks good

jovial moss
young karma
vital fjord
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@young karma On the after crop I would probably take more off the top since there is so much space there. Love the color on the monarch!

deep mango
gentle elk
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noice

young karma
opaque sigil
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@jovial moss thanks

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fast belfry
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@jovial moss nice! But it does look a little bit fake, because the light should be coming from the behind and in the picture it is coming from the front but that’s not your fault I think 😃 . Beautiful explanation 😅 Good job!

frank basin
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For day three I chose a photo I did not like very much of my daughter running. Using the crop tool to crop out the unfavorable parts of the photo (the drain) and expand the good parts (trees, bushes, grass), allowed me to appreciate the photo a lot more.

cold cedar
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I did not even see the Rebel Gull until I cropped away the building. Let me know if you see it. I did attempt to re-touch it — with a Wacom Intuos @gloomy flare but, alas, I still have a lot of practice ahead.

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I really enjoyed Day 4's challenge. For this one I took a photo I didn't like at all about myself. My teeth looked dull and even yellow and it made me feel secure. I did some retouching on the photo and now just the subtle differences make me like the photo a lot more...Although I might have done too much removing all the wrinkles from my eyes lol!

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@fast belfry Yes, that black and white photo is my son!

fast belfry
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Ahh okay

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He’s cute 😅😂

brazen barn
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gloomy flare
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@frank basin since you’re the subject the amount of retouching is up to you. Nice work!

fast belfry
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^

gloomy flare
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@young karma great job!

young karma
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@gloomy flare thank you so much 🙌 😊

fast belfry
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Nice! You've taken some very good photos 😃

young karma
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😊

thorn narwhal
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@oblique bramble Really nice treatment of removing the distracting background elements (and hand!) here and keep the edit natural.
@valid crow Love this ratio and crop. The coolness in the blues works nicely with that pop of red on the board.
@grim ermine I think the new square crop reflects the structure really nice! Good job extending the frame. Only thing to watch is if you clone too much of the same spot like on the right in the tree for example, it becomes a bit noticeable as a pattern begins to develop and distract the eye. The more variety of spots you can pull from within the tree the better, although here it might be tough!
@unique skiff Really nice job adjusting the exposure and colors here! Especially bringing out the eyes. I would just be careful over-editing/smoothing out the skin too much where you lose too much detail and it becomes noticeable.
@cold cedar I like the subtle pops of cool and warmer tones here to give the portrait a bit more life! Cool personal touch.
@young karma Love your approach! Wonder what it'd look like if you made the same edits in coloring but to a fuller frame if you just made the middle of the building a bit more centered and cleaned out the lines and building on right side like you did in your initial edit? Might make the effect pop even more.
@cedar smelt Really nice control of white balance and levels here!
@crimson niche Both of these retouches look pretty solid to me! Only thing I'd watch is pushing the contrast/levels in the images too far where you start losing details of the actual image. This starts to happen for me in the first edit with the example image in the highlights and shadows in his face.

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@eternal marsh Hey, I think you're getting some magic here! I'd consider playing around with your color balance here to maybe push a more "surreal" effect by adding some colors in the shadows if you want! Maybe blues or purples? Up to you!
@uneven lark Edit looks pretty clean! Good job adding some color back into the photo. The highlights on the skin read a touch too warm and unnatural to me, so I'd consider toning those down a bit. Otherwise looks good!
@eternal marsh Looks nice! If there's any way to add more contrast to the cat, I think it'd help the focus a bit. The levels that you have in B&W are a bit flat in the greens which is a nice effect, but makes the cat blend in a little bit and could be a bit stronger if there was a way to make it stand out more again.
@foggy gorge Gorgeous building and edit! I wonder what it'd look like if you rotated the frame so that the vertical lines were straight up and down instead of at an angle?

green oriole
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Thanks @fast belfry pic was taken at Madame Tussaud’s presume there was some sort of yellow front light and the background was cardboard image.

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@thorn narwhal Thanks

thorn narwhal
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@vital fjord Digital retouching is such a great way to restore archival prints (and make money)! Definitely keep exploring, this edit looks really nice.

random pawn
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mellow quail
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fast belfry
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@mellow quail Nice one, but what are those purple spots?

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@tulip fern Very cool colors!

mellow quail
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Not sure, but I liked them...

wet kettle
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@mellow quail @fast belfry Those are spots where the details are lost due to underexposure and compression. If we had a RAW camera file we might be able to save those spots. You might be able to content aware fill/ retouch those areas but it probably won't work great

fast belfry
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Yes indeed @wet kettle 😃

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mellow quail
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No, plus just trying to use the camera raw filter, I don't think you be that selective, can you?

wet kettle
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@mellow quail You can with some limitations. There are brush, gradient and radial tools that allow you to adjust certain parts of an image. You could use the HSL Sliders to desaturate the purples and try to match the tone of the sidewalk.

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wet kettle
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@mellow quail Wow much better! Maybe a see if you can add a little noise reduction over there too, play around with the sharpness, noise reduction, moire reduction and defringe sliders. Might make it smoother and less grainy. Just some ideas to play around with 🙂

light nebula
late sparrow
wet kettle
light nebula
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@wet kettle Don't forget there are 7 tabs to use 😃

wet kettle
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@light nebula No doubt! Tone curves and HSL are my jam haha

dark lotus
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cold cedar
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Thanks @thorn narwhal.

fallow bough
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Way behind in submissions. Bit of cropping, RAW Filter and touchup brush to hide lamp tops and wires.

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urban berry
oak coral
fallow bough
uncut ginkgo
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@fallow bough ooo so moody! I love how the fog pops in the edited image

tulip fern
uncut ginkgo
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Lovely edit @tulip fern - I love how the warm and cool colors play off of one another.

tulip fern
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Thank you @uncut ginkgo !

fallow bough
random pawn
cold cedar
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@random pawn That is a lovely butterfly! Have you thought about cropping it to bring it out more?

random pawn
eternal marsh
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@thorn narwhal thanks for your feedback! I might play around a bit it!

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@wet kettle woah, I really like the colors! I think they go amazing together

fringe thicket
fierce zinc
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Thanks!!

stark kayak