Pseudo-HDR Example

[Colin Southern]

Originally Posted by Fallacy

Hello Collin,

I'm curious, what do you do under your standard "Photoshop 30 Second Makeover" ™?
I'm not new to photoshop, but there's always something to learn about it.

Cheers

Hi "Fallacy",

Depends on which PC I'm on as to the specifics (eg RAW converter or just a few layers), but usually just the basics.

- Levels

- Saturation

- Sharpening

- Cropping

- I think PP is a good example of the 80/20 rule in that you get 80% of the way there in the first 20% of the work ... even to the point where I'm often not bothering too much about the other 20/80 (often just doesn't seem worth the effort for the return). Occasionally I'll need to get a bit more creative with, say, a graduated fill & blend to correct some brightness falloff, but not often. The other thing I'm a big fan of is a good old fashioned dodge / burn / sponge (real "hands on" stuff).

[Keith]

I am just starting to play around with HDR after getting a tripod at last.
I have also been playing with a couple of photo's using pseudo HDR.
My view for what its worth is that, photography, like art, is only pleasing if you personally find it pleasing.
Personal taste being what it is, even some normaly enchanced photo's can still look somewhat flat.
I look at some really hard pushed HDR and love it.
I also find some photo's that have had just a small HDR treatment to give that slightly pushed but very acceptable look (and you would never know its HDR unless you were told)really nice too.

I am using whatever info I can glean from results being posted on CiC, fascinating stuff!