some of my photoshop skill leave a lot to be desired

EDIT: Photos removed till sorted out again  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Last edited by npinks on 15th Oct 2012 9:46 am. Edited 1 time in total

Well I just look to have wasted an evening

Just looked at the photo above on my iPhone and they are washed out, lack colours that were showing on the LCD tv connected to my Mac mini and just look bland now

is it my tv or my iPhone that's giving the wrong colour  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Pinksy, you using a cannon? I used to find my colours were washed out too.. Tell you what though mate, if you nailed a a few of those shots in HDR they would be face melting : )

Don't get disheartened Nick, they're good shots.
The screen on the camera shows you an embedded jpeg, the shot you download is a raw file, which by its very nature will be flat and unsharp, remember how your screen looked vastly superior to mine.
When you download the RAW file you need to get into the habit of a workflow.
I have a book on Photoshop CS5 by Scott Kelby, it is very easy to follow and has never failed me if I want to do something.
We where side by side, your shots will be very similar to mine, one difference will be the lens, mine in theory, should give more contrast and richer colours, saying that yours are good, the colours just need lifting a little or simply try the contrast.

The colours were fine when editing on my Mac mini, just annoyed that they are flat now looking on another screen, I guess my settings on the TV my Mac connected too give a wrong look

Take the hardknot pass one, it's nearly lost all the orange of the sun setting, on my tv I thought it might have too
Much orange, glad i didn't alter it  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Gone OTT now

here is your pic, just need a bit of practice it's easy to get carried away, I do it all the time.

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I give up  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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You will have to come over soon, bring the family, we will spend a couple of hours with CS5.

Do you remember that BMW M5, I wonder if we spoilt his fun, he must have come down Honister Pass seeing a white FL2 with a tripod at the back and come down slowly

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Here is Nick taking some of those shots, he put a lot of hard work in and hopefully learned something from the weekend. Most people will just stand on the shoreline instead of thinking a little bit differently.

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I will have to have a look at that tripod, the photos taken with the 12-24 lens i could see the bar sticking out the front of it

I enjoyed myself, picked up some tips along the way, i've taken my set down till i can edit them all correctly and work out my CS5, I have a book on loan from the library for CS4, but its mind boggling Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

good point on the BMW M5 He was going rather slow, but it still sounded nice

Actually saw some great motors and bikes out on the day, including a set of really old tractors Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

taztastic wrote:

Here is Nick taking some of those shots, he put a lot of hard work in and hopefully learned something from the weekend. Most people will just stand on the shoreline instead of thinking a little bit differently.

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Now where can I park my bike

next to Taz's in his garage collecting dust  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

a few updated photos, still by no means perfect


3 Counties Post Hardknott Pass Edit by npinks, on Flickr


Ashness Bridge by npinks, on Flickr

and a attempt at HDR

Ashness Bridge HDR by npinks, on Flickr

still looks

Hardknott Pass Edit by npinks, on Flickr


Lakeland Colours by npinks, on Flickr

and finally


wastwater Edit 2 by npinks, on Flickr

the rest are here for you to laugh at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/81554902@N06/sets/72157631773544865/ Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Getting better Nick
Ashness Bridge shot is good