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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
11-26-2017, 12:54 AM
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Great edit, great advice. This is the output I have after running it through Photoshop and Lightroom (I'm an amateur of both). I overplayed with some effects, but that's not the point :-)
Conclusion: I understand I can't take any bad photo and rely on software to have a perfect one, but there is definitely room for improvement for almost any photo. If not, what's the point of post processing?
Yes, I'm sure we can find photographic opportunity at any time, any place, under any condition, providing that we're creative enough (I'm not that good though), and by no mean I said photos can only by taken at dawn and dusk ;-) at the same time, I'm sure, for any limited time trip, to visit some of the most beautiful places of your destination, you won't wish for cloudy weather, because you are not able to return to it the next days to wait for the right chance ;-)
Thank you all for your help.
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
11-21-2017, 05:48 AM
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Hello,
I think all of us, will have to deal with cloudy photos occasionally, because normally when we travel, we book the ticket long time ahead, and when the day comes, and we arrive at our destination, the weather is not so nice. So we only have the choices between whether to take some dull and boring photos, or not taking any photo at all (of course some cloudy photo with intention and creativeness behind are different, I'm just not that good yet:) )
Now, coming back from home, the question is, what can we do to make the most of of those photos? For example, I just came back from a short trip to Paris, and the weather was very grey, so every photo I took in daylight was grey (instead of looking great under sunset or sunrise).
I will upload a photo tonight when back from work.
I have both Lightroom and Photoshop, and what I can think of is only:
- Add more contrast
- Maybe dehaze a little bit
- Add some more color saturation (but this is tricky, as it can make the photo look fake)
- Maybe to change it to B&W if it still looks dull
And what about you? What would you normally do with cloudy and rainy photo (unplanned) that look so uninspiring?
Edit: okay, so I'll take one photo taken at Notre Dame, my favourite place in Paris, with a lot of cloud. I really want to learn how to improve photo like this (if there is a way).
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ToJEQthSZgEbvh5G3 |
