[Leica] Christmas Tree Adjustments

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas M. Sharp)]

I've been in touch with Richard about livening up two of his Christmas and 
First 
Snow shots.
I'm still not sure about the first one, I just can't get round the sky, it's 
much too light, I think I managed to get a little more "true" colour into it 
but 
somehow the shot just doesn't work for me.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/L1000064_adj_web   original
http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/L1000064_adj_DMS   adjusted
The second shot ,IMO, is slightly more successful (for me), it is, like the 
first shot, an absolute Bu--er to correct, but I think I might just have 
managed 
to get some more life into it.
I'm going to have to run through it again to write down the actual workflow 
in 
PS Elements 3.0, but here it is anyway.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/L1000065_adj_web  original
http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/L1000065_adj_DMS

Anyone else got any ideas, processing is still a book with seven seals for a 
lot 
of us. After 2 years of working with PS I still keep getting surprised about 
what it can, and frustrated about what it can't (or I didn't find it yet) do.

Your criticism, suggestions and comments are more than welcome.
Douglas


Peter Dzwig wrote:
> Richard S. Taylor wrote:
> 
>> back to it.   The balls unfortunately all looked lost in the tangle of 
>> branches in the pictures I did take (here's an example: 
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/Christmas-and-First-Snow/PC140011>) so 
>> I didn't post any of them.
>>
> Richard,
> 
> I for one was struck by the contrast between the colours and the 
> black-and-white of the trees in the first shots. So much so that I 
> commented to the wife about them; and she rarely gets interested by 
> photography unless you are Lartigue, HCB or Capa.
> 
> No-one does dressing trees like Americans - we overhere can't hold a 
> candle to you (pardon the pun!) may you all have much fun dressing and 
> admiring your trees this Christmas.
> 
> Peter Dzwig
> 
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