This image is definitely manipulated. I took an old image I shot in Grand Marais MN in 2005, applied a Nic Efex bi-color cool/warm filter, and added canvas texture using Elements 5.0. Please let me kn

Please let me know what you think of the creative adjustments. Thanks!

I like the filter effect, yet the image in itself looks a bit too scarce... and lacking contrast in the clouds for my taste. Hope it helps.

Here are a couple more alternatives...

 

(1)Just ramped up the contrast in Elements

http://thumbs.photo.net/photo/6010639-sm.jpg

(2)Used levels to move the whole image into more of a late sunset feeling.

http://thumbs.photo.net/photo/6010648-sm.jpg

 

Let me know what you think. I'm leaning toward #1 (the straight contrast shift). Thanks!

I think I like the last version best!

Ah, muchas gracias!

I like your 2nd version with the contrast added best , Nice composition ,peaceful mood .

Thanks Robert! The fact that mood is present and experienced by others is very satisfying. It's also great fun to use the tools available in/for Photoshop to take an ordinary image to another level.

I like the first one best myself. so peacefull, just want to be there.

Dana

I'm not fond of the other two. I do, however like the texture you put on the origional and I say chalk it up. Might as well do some paint effects on it if you are going to manipulate it some.

 

I am wondering what filter you did to ake it textured like that. Sometimes if you saturate over a filter it will look pixed a bit. I also think you could get a pretty goo crop version out of this of just the left side of it and the lift house.

 

THIS is a GREAT picture!!!!

Thanks Micki:-)

 

This image was before I began shooting in RAW, so I only had a jpg to work with. That being the case, the first thing I did was to bring the original into Elements, and then do a SaveAs to a Photoshop "psd" file type. You want to avoid working with the original jpg, or even copies of the jpg, because every time you save a jpg the quality degrades. In the Layers palette I then created a duplicate layer, so I could perform my changes on that layer rather than the original (if I mess up, I can always delete the copied layer and start over again). Then I ran the Nic Color Efex bi-color cool/warm filter to bring some warmth and contrast into the clouds (of course, there are several settings you have to play with until you get the effect you want). Finally, I applied the Photoshop texturizer effect to create the canvas look and feel.

 

In Photoshop Elements 5.0, under the Filter menu, select Texture > Texturizer. In the Texturizer screen I selected the "Canvas" texture. I then adjusted the Scaling to around 81%, and the Relief to a value of 1. I might have tweaked the Scaling a bit lower. I didn't want the canvas texture to be too large, I wanted it to resemble a real canvas painting. Of course, there's a wide range of choices any of us might make with respect to these settings. Just find what pleases your eye.

 

If I want to resize the image I'll do that while it's still a "psd" file, but I won't save the resized "psd." In other words, I resize the image (usually smaller, using the Bicubic Sharper setting) and then do a SaveAs to a final "jpg" file type. Before closing the "psd" that's still open I undo the resize to that image, so I've got the altered image less the resize in psd. This is the just the workflow I have at the present time for working with "jpg's." It may change as I learn more about digital darkroom techniques, but it seems to work pretty well for now.

 

Good luck;-)