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I believe everyone has some photo which is like..

- colour of the photo is not right

or. sometime,, we got a nice shot. but how do we make it more WOW when anyone sees it..


i guess this is very hard to explain.. i have got same sample here. which easier to explain what i mean...










How can i photoshop the photo to make the result like the sample photo above????


Would be nice to have demonstration and instruction agian~
would be nice people post up some shots and show the before and after edit.



Thx alot...

from what i saw in your post, there really isn't anything major involved in the post processing from above examples.

here is my little advise tho, post processing/photoshop isn't just about finding the right keys & controls in photoshop.

before you start, i think there is something fundmental missing here.
there is actually more to learn from the basic photography side point of view. first of all, a good understanding of colour and light is probably the most important, in your before and after comparison, why do think it looks better after editing?? is that because the saturation of colour, higher contrast, the lighting effect or simply the sharpness of the pic??

i never learnt photoshop through any proper institution or course, but i have spent a lot and a lot of time trying to get my photography basics right, from the most simple white balance to lighting senerio etc. and i believe thats the only way you can really master photoshop to help your photography because each photo requires different post editing, and only by understanding the photography, you will know what to look for in photoshop.

for example, your first pic, i can see the sky is a bit dul, so perheps increasing saturation on the sky by gradient tool and using mask, or simply the shadow/highlight adjustment, and adjust the actual saturation to bring out the colour of main object clothing, increase a little on contrast, fine tune the white balace, sharpen the image, there are at least 10 different ways you can do this, depending on editing skill, it can either be done in 2-3 steps within seconds or 10+ steps taking half an hour.

from my point of view, i always try to get the shot right before it even reaches the pc because i believe i am a photographer, if i do it the other way round by understanding photoshop steps or tutorial first and then taking the pic, i might as well become a graphic designer

anyway, here is my source for all adobe tutorial, http://www.lynda.com
if you are dead serious, its worth to sign up on a monthly bases, i did it for 3 months, i can't say i am anywhere near a photoshop pro, but at least now i have a really good understanding of the programme, and i know where/what to look for when i need different tools for different purpose of editing to compensate the things i didn't/couldn't achieve in my nikon.

There is no right and wrong with photography. You just have to edit the photo to suit what you are trying to display.

Some people like contrast and saturated photographs and others like de-saturated / noisy style photo journalistic portraits. There is no right or wrong answer.

From the above posted images, I see that saturation, contrast and levels / curves were adjusted.

EGD is right, its best to get the image correct out of the camera than to post process to FIX the image after.

EGD. thx for your comment and the website, will look into it~~ Second thing OMG!!! u still not sleep!!!!


CTM Thx for your comment

SGTTS: you probably should start from the photoshop basics first.. understanding what are hue/saturation/curves and how things like layers/mask/channels..etc work once you understand these basic ideas, you should then be able to figure out how to edit the photos to your preference. If you don't understand the basics and just trying to follow one or two particular examples, then you can only do what the example does and cannot go one step further. There are hundreds of books that teach you photoshop from basics.

and EGD is right, assuming you are a beginner in photography, focus on the photography first. Photoshop is just a tool to improve your photo. Your original photo is still the fundamental. If you are a professional photographer, a lot of time you'll just take the photo and get someone else to touch up your photos in photoshop

Wrong, Yes. totally agree with you, CTM and EGD, i will start with getting a good photo first.~

Thx for all u guys comments~

HI buddy
your work is very appreciable and innovative .The snaps was awesome.I generally changed the back ground of photo with my photos that I can not put here,.But nature back ground is my favorite one..

some good advices on what/what not to photoshop:
http://retouchresource.com/?p=12

Thanks for the link, wrong.