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Thanks Glo, i shot this in jpeg for some reason, prob mucking about with buttons and it came out very dark, the strong pp was the only way of rescuing it. This is the original so you can see what i mean..
If you or anyone has any suggestions please feel free.
If you or anyone has any suggestions please feel free.
InaGlo
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OOps! I see what you mean... looks like someone forgot to up the iso! 
I think I see how you got the result you did. I just tried pushing the highlight slider in Levels to about 102, & the midtones to 132... any further and the colours start to become really vivid, but thats all personal taste I guess.
Mind you, if he's getting that brave ... looks like you'll get a fair few opportunities to snap him again!
I think I see how you got the result you did. I just tried pushing the highlight slider in Levels to about 102, & the midtones to 132... any further and the colours start to become really vivid, but thats all personal taste I guess.
Mind you, if he's getting that brave ... looks like you'll get a fair few opportunities to snap him again!
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Took the words right out of my mouth.
Recovered from your original, but it looks like it was pretty dull anyway?
It looks quite sharp - a tighter crop should show some nice detail.
InaGlo
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I dont know how CT arrived at his edit, but using the original picture (not processed) try this...
I ended up with a result very much the same as CT's from this simple edit.
Hth.
I ended up with a result very much the same as CT's from this simple edit.
Hth.
IanC_UK
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I always point people to this
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=2480
There are some bits that arent always necessary in there but it gives you some good ideas to work through if you have photoshop
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=2480
There are some bits that arent always necessary in there but it gives you some good ideas to work through if you have photoshop
CT
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I don't really have a set system for rescuing shots like this - it's usually a case of suck it and see, but it's pretty simple stuff and there are numerous ways to go about it.
I normally start by increasing the gamma overall, then in this case I think I adjusted just the highlight slider, by which time it was looking a little light so I increased the contrast a little, too much though and it can start to look too over-saturated again. Finally sharpened a smidge - that's it!
All roads lead to Rome though and there are gazillions (well.. a lot anyway) of ways of achieving the same end. If something doesn't look right, just undo the last step and try something else or a bit less slider.
I normally start by increasing the gamma overall, then in this case I think I adjusted just the highlight slider, by which time it was looking a little light so I increased the contrast a little, too much though and it can start to look too over-saturated again. Finally sharpened a smidge - that's it!
All roads lead to Rome though and there are gazillions (well.. a lot anyway) of ways of achieving the same end. If something doesn't look right, just undo the last step and try something else or a bit less slider.
