flip89 (3418) 2006-03-08 16:47:22

Here's a quick fix. Didn't do much except cropping of distracting elements from the left, right and top. By doing so, the focus is now more on the man. I also saturated the colors to emphasize the tropical ambiance and then added the white frame to satisfy the size requirements of the site. Of course a more careful workshop should have included correcting the tilt and cloning out that piece of the banner on the right, but you get the idea.

flip89 (3418) 2005-10-26 16:10:48

I cropped the bottom and a little bit of the left to emphasize the sky some more.

I also saturated the colors by using a process to imitate Fuji Velvia film (vivid color). Here's how to do this in Photoshop (just in case you might want to use it later):

Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Channel Mixer>Ok

Output Channel Red

Red +144
Green -22
Blue -22

Output Channel Green

Red -22
Green +144
Blue -22

Output Channel Blue

Red -22
Green -22
Blue +144

ok

Layer>Merge Down

You can either save your work or use curve to further adjust colors and tones.

flip89 (3418) 2004-09-22 19:00:20

Original version with little postprocessing (just color balance toward blue and increased contrast and cloning of some background elements).

flip89 (3418) 2004-04-16 23:03:19

Original uncropped photo of Ferrari parked on a Chicago St.

flip89 (3418) 2004-03-22 19:12:59

Didn't do much except crop the sky then saturated +20. I just wanted to make the close-up even closer.

flip89 (3418) 2004-02-29 18:07:23

Made a few subtle changes in saturation and highlights by contrast masking (played around with the gaussian blur step) to increase the 3-D effect of the foreground elements (cactus and bushes).

flip89 (3418) 2004-02-14 19:08:26

Contrast masking in Photoshop:
(1) Duplicate layer
(2) Select duplicate layer, desaturate, invert
(3) Gaussian blur while duplicate layer is selected
(4) Curves
(5) Select background layer; contrast
(6) Select duplicate layer again, reduce opacity

flip89 (3418) 2004-01-22 23:41:09

Just cropped tighter to remove stray information and also to offset the mirror to the right.

flip89 (3418) 2004-01-22 01:09:22

Cropped then autolevels in Photoshop. Because the picture was small, I had to increase the height up to the minimum 250 pixels for upload.

flip89 (3418) 2004-01-18 09:35:48

Cropped to eliminate the blue railing, boosted saturation to +23 or thereabouts to add more color to the rocks, children and water.