So I've continued to learn learn learn what I can with Photoshop. I've read a few books, become a huge fan of Scott Kelby (he is a Photoshop god) and gotten advice from Violet. I don't think I'll ever be all that great with it. I can color correct and improve a photo from the camera, but I don't have a lot of artistic creativity beyond that. Maybe time will help me improve.
Here we have a before and after from our recent trip to San Antonio. This is a really neat stone and brick arched walkway that we found while walking to the Alamo. Here is what I did for the before to get to after. I created a new layer so I wasn't working on my orig. background (sometimes I screw up so bad I'm glad I do that - this way I can always revert back to my original starting point). From there I added an adjustment layer for Levels, and tweaked around with the levels setting. Then I did adjust color, and brightness/contrast. Lastly I used Auto Sharpen (sometimes this works, sometimes I have to go back and tweak it, this time I didn't.) Lastly I add the layer with the brush stamp logo and lower the opacity so it's not so bright. I love the adjustment layer for Levels - it's amazing how much detail and highlights you can get back even if you are over-exposed.
What do you think?
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