On 22-Aug-10 17:48, Andrew Sharpe wrote:
Thanks for these suggestions. It is far more photoshopping than I normally do on my images (I usually do cropping, B&W, curves and a bit of sharpening, which already seems like a lot of post-processing). But your ideas have a lot of merit, and I'll see what I can do. It may very well be beyond my (current) ability at photoshop, but it sounds like an interesting way to learn more.
In terms of "a lot" -- I guess it depends on your standards. It's less than I'd do in the darkroom for any serious picture -- your list doesn't have any dodging and burning. Which is exactly what additional curves layers with layer masks is giving you (though you could use the burn/dodge tool instead; but I'm a devotee of the cult of lossless editing).
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