Probably right about over processed but not the fill light, although CS2's shadow and highlight is probably the same thing. I think most came from the eyedropper B&W points in exposure CS2.petemc said:Yer it seems a bit overly processed. Too much fill light in Rawshooter?
Thanks Steve for the help. My intentions were to rid the large boulder of the shadow bottom corner and to introduce a little texture which I felt was lacking from the image. Admittedly a little overboard on the processing, just wanted to give it something rather than the bland look I felt it had, withought the texture the picture itself has nothing imo. Being honest, I like the first I posted and the second in my second post although this has a much cooler look to it and it was actually taken on a red hot day about tea time and full sun, which is why I went for the warmer look originally.Steve said:Ken I feel its your processing that is having the effect of making the picture look a little un-natural.
I have taken your unprocessed image and altered the levels and then applied a very small amount of sharpening to compensate for the web view. Obviously I have processed this image to represent a natural looking landscape so if it was your intention to have the image looking as you have above then my steps are useless to you
Thanks CT. :thumb: I processed until I was happy with it, but sometimes don't know when to stop. I do like the texture though. I have got a book from the library about computer image processing, hoping that will help once i've read it.CT said:It definitely looked over processed. I quite liked it though despite it having a graphical look to it and there's certainly a place for that sort of effect as long as it's what you intended.