My first offering

[Derrick]

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7051/img319601fih4.jpg


I give to you, Mt. Hood & The White River

[Strayz]

Very nice image there Derrick, is that blowing snow or was there a bit of fogging on the lens there?

I have to say I like that image and the tonal range in the image. Is this the image we talked about at the tradeshow? If so when I get home I will fire up PS and see what I can do.

[Derrick]

Yes, this is the image. I believe that is foggy/haze that you see on the left. We had some patches of fog roll up the river that day. It's blue-ish compared to the rest of the scene I think because there's a hill off the the left that's casting a shadow.

[Brandon]

Hey Derrick, For me it's hard to tell if i will end up liking a photo like this until i run it through photoshop. The basic shot is nice, but it needs some curves work, some contrast, some more texture, and there's a lot you can do still with that blue sky.

I'll have some time later on tonight and i'll have a crack at it and show you exactly what i mean...:)

[ImE]

Hope you don't mind my messing...

Adjusted:
Curves slightly,
Contrast,
Saturation
Unsharp mask.

[Derrick]

Ime - Thanks for takin' a crack at it. My first reactions...I like your river, rocks, and the blue in your sky better. Though I like my mountain better. Although I do like the blue in the sky, it seems the increased saturation has added...grainiess to the clouds. I liked the smoother look of my clouds better. But I know...take from some where something's gotta give.

Thanks again! I look forward to everyone else's interpreations.

[ImE]

Of course mine was just a quickie fix and I didn't work in layers. If I were taking my time I would have created a second layer, brought out some sparkle and light on the water (Like I did), then used an edit mask to bring the original Mt. back.

[Derrick]

I should have mentioned earlier...

I'm a complete PS newibe :-) I hope to learn to do all those things you just described :-)

[Strayz]

well here is my attempt and a SS of what I did too. not sure about all the adjustment numbers but this should kinda give you an idea. I spent about 10-15 minutes thinking and trying to loose a bit of the haze with out loosing other areas.

I am by no means a master in photoshop, so I would like to see what everyone else can do. (Hopefully beter than me too I hope)

[Derrick]

Wow, it does seem much clearer. Nice work.

[Brandon]

Here's a quick photoshop sketch from me...

[Strayz]

Nice job there Brandon, I like your water. I was torn between getting the water like yours and keeping the sky smooth..

What processes did you use Brandon?

[Brandon]

Hey strayz I make a couple versions of the image and save each as a snapshot. then i just history brush in the best from each snapshot.

[Strayz]

ok I so need to find instructions on how to do that history brush thing.. LOL.. I hear that is one of the fastest ways to make changes that are not destructive..

[Derrick]

Wow Brandon! That water is awesome, and the light on the rocks. I'm really eager to get my hands in to PS now.