Image edits: Before & Afters.

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Following on from another thread, myself and several others think it's a good idea to show of before and after images.

I think it would be great for inspiration but also learning techniques as I'm sure there will be questions on how it was done.

I'll start then!

Before:
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After:
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Before:
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After:
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Before:
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After:
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Before
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After

Castle Howard by Rob Hooley, on Flickr

Quick crop and straighten
Bit of cloning on dust spots etx
Converted in Silver Efex 2
 
Phil Young said:
Before:
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After:
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If you've pulled the shadow detail in shot 2 from shot 1, it must be noisy as hell in the full res image. Image 1 is practically black in the shadows. Lot of banding in the sky too.
 
Pookeyhead said:
If you've pulled the shadow detail in shot 2 from shot 1, it must be noisy as hell in the full res image. Image 1 is practically black in the shadows. Lot of banding in the sky too.
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Quick re-edit David since you were curious :)

It's one of my first landscapes and taken back in the days where I didn't know what I was doing!

I do like to come back and re-edit it every now and again since I like the image.

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100% crops to demonstrate the noise:
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Acceptable to me...
 
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I hope this turns out to be a good thread, as it not only talks about photography but also applies it. I'll definitely keep on eye here.
 
Phil Young said:
Quick re-edit David since you were curious :)

It's one of my first landscapes and taken back in the days where I didn't know what I was doing!
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OK.. fair enough. There is noticeably more noise in teh areas you've pulled back though. I'm assuming you wouldn't have shot it like that now?

I'm just a bit worried examples like that can encourage sloppy shooting. Far too many people think you can fix everything post process as it is.
 
Pookeyhead said:
OK.. fair enough. There is noticeably more noise in teh areas you've pulled back though. I'm assuming you wouldn't have shot it like that now?

I'm just a bit worried examples like that can encourage sloppy shooting. Far too many people think you can fix everything post process as it is.
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I'm *slightly* better now haha.

Still though, shows even though I knew nothing - the eye was there ;)

A bit of noise doesn't bother me so much, I'm much more about the detail and the image overall but to answer your question, yes I would have done it different now :)
 
Here's one of my before and afters, a print screen from lightroom (so not the best quality) but I mainly played around with the white balance.

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OK, a particularly extreme one by my normal standards, but from a model shoot in collaboration with a make-up artist, so it was all about showing off the make-up, specifically the eyes. This won't be to everyones taste, I know that, but shows what can be done. Its basically curves adjustments, Portraiture, plus some localised cloning/brushing on skin flaws and a gentle vignette. Hard to tell at this size, but there is actually still a lot of skin detail retained in large sized version and I opted to keep the small forehead scar, though that could be cloned out too.


2013-03-11_002 by Yvonne White - WhiteGoldImages, on Flickr
 
One from ages ago that is in the tutorial section

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Saw the method I used in a updated version on Creative Live last week...I should have got some kind of pat on the back!
 
Because I am housebound a lot & a wheelchair user I have to grab whatever photos I can, when I can. I can't even hold the weight of a DSLR but a do have a Nikon P7700 so here's my first on this thread with this camera. Taken in a local coffee shop this morning.

I feel I should have chosen a different crop but may try again :thinking:

Before
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After
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Before top After bottom past an hour or two on OTT Hard work but enjoyed it Thanks Chris
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Some fantastic turnarounds in here, and being a beginner it's very impressive to know just how much can be saved from a slightly disappointing image.
 
Qmouse said:
I Like that effect and I am also new to post processing. Any chance of a few bullets on how it was done or a pointer to a thread that shows how.

Brian
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On this one I used Photomatix first to get the detail out of the aircraft (rivets etc), being very careful not to over do the settings and turning it into a cartoon!

Then into Photoshop. Isolate the aircraft onto a new layer and play around with levels. A bit of dodging and burning here and there and then sharpen the aircraft only. A new layer and a High Pass filter setting the layer drop down to Hard Light.
There are loads of other bits and bobs but they're the main points.(y)
 
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Time for me to offer one up:

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I had intended to put a larger post up but the gallery is restricted to 800 wide :(

Heres the finished product (for now)


130321_5311 by magsnorton, on Flickr
 
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I like the sea in your after shot John although the rocks look a little over processed/saturated?

Looks a good location - where is it please?
 
Lizard Point according to the flickr page ;)
 
Buck said:
I like the sea in your after shot John although the rocks look a little over processed/saturated?

Looks a good location - where is it please?
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They were pretty heavily processed but a lighter HDR look is what I was after for the foreground.

Yep, as others have said it was Lizard Point in Cornwall.
 
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