Watching & Waiting (Fine Art Photography)

[Rebel]

The rain is back again

So I thought I'd play around with a photo from last weekend...



Thanks for viewing

[ionian]

Lovely colours, great sky, and I think the composition is great.

If I have an issue its with the ghosting around the figure, can this be cleaned up? I'm presuming this is a composite shot, so it may be worth looking at how that layer is blending into the rest of the image.

[Manfred M]

Agreed about the ghosting and the CA around the figure. A bit of ghosting elsewhere too, but overall you have created a very nice image.

[Rebel]

Thanks both, I am aware of the ghosting but am struggling to get rid of it - its obviously from over processing... anyone have any tried and tested methods for getting rid of it?

[Mike Buckley]

anyone have any tried and tested methods for getting rid of it?

Determine the edit step(s) that caused it. Try using an eraser tool in the unwanted areas to eliminate the treatment you had applied. The tool will definitely eliminate it. However, depending on the treatment you applied, after using the eraser tool you may still end up with an unwanted appearance of a different kind.

[Manfred M]

Yes, don't over process.

You could try putting a less processed version on a different layer and use a layer masks to work the two layers together. Just make sure that you feather wide enough to hide the ghosting.

[Rebel]

Ok I reprocessed it, trying to remember all the steps but inevitably I ended up with something different... I think I prefer this one to me the blur behind the man (myself ) is me leaving the hustle and bustle of the city behind me (and its literally about a mile behind me) and looking out into the peacefulness and tranquility of the ocean?

[Shadowman]

Nice dreamy image.

[Wavelength]

I liked the first; but i think it will be even better without the foreground distortion...my feeling only

[bnnrcn]

I agree with Nandakumar. Nice image Matt, I think you really like those blur tools

[Rebel]

My final version, which I'm pretty happy with.

[bnnrcn]

I think this is the best so far

[Rebel]

Thanks Binnur

[bnnrcn]

But I just want to say that your watermark distracts as usual BTW are those small round things lens flare? They distract a bit, especially the blue one . May be some desaturation and some blur would help

[marlunn]

Hi Matt, appreciate the work gone into it and the PP skills but not my thing so cant really comment in any detail as I dont know enough about it - I agree with Nandakumar about the blur though, have you tried it without the foreground blur ?

[Manfred M]

The redone image looks considerably different than your original.

I don't know how you edit, but if you want repeatability, look at adopting a non-destructive workflow. Use of smart objects, adjustment layers, layer masks and clipping masks makes it so much easier to go back and make changes to your work without having to recreate the whole piece from scratch.

[Rebel]

The redone image looks considerably different than your original.

I don't know how you edit, but if you want repeatability, look at adopting a non-destructive workflow. Use of smart objects, adjustment layers, layer masks and clipping masks makes it so much easier to go back and make changes to your work without having to recreate the whole piece from scratch.

I definitely need to learn about layer masks etc, do you know of any good tutorials available online?

[bnnrcn]

Don't tell me you don't know how to use layer masks How do you make your selective adjustments? By using the adjustment brush in Lightroom?

I definitely need to learn about layer masks etc, do you know of any good tutorials available online?

[Rebel]

Don't tell me you don't know how to use layer masks How do you make your selective adjustments? By using the adjustment brush in Lightroom?

I cut the part of the image i want to adjust and paste it onto a new layer.

[bnnrcn]

It seems that you are doing a tedious job Manfred might give you a better answer but I can suggest you the book ' Classroom In a Book' by Adobe. Actually Manfred suggested this book when I started learning PS. It makes you practise on the files which come with the book and you learn this way. But if it is easy for you to learn by watching , I'm afraid I can not suggest you some videos to learn the basics. You can always look at my pinterest page for some tutorials but they are mostly helpful for editing images , not for learning the basics.

I cut the part of the image i want to adjust and paste it onto a new layer.