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PrettyCranium

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In the "RAW versus jpeg" thread it was suggested that I post one of my jpegs that I thought was "unfixable" to see if the community could do anything with it.  I'd appreciate help, input or ideas!  Here's the original topic of conversation:

 

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i gave it a whirl, came up with this. it could be fixed up a bit more but here is where i stopped. about 15 minutes in photoshop.

this reminds me why i always want to shoot raw too. it could have been fixed more appropriately in less time. i dont miss the jpeg methods. lol

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Thanks, GregM1.  I think some of your skills are beyond my ability.

 

I tried something different.  I used PS Elements 11 and "Open as . . ." to open the jpeg as a "camera RAW" file.  Then I could edit it with the editor that comes up for RAW files.  I tried uploading the result, but apparently it's too big.  Here's the Flickr version (the green/yellow background is the lawn):

 

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Chipmunk on branch by PrettyCranium, on Flickr

 

I was not aware of this "open as" feature until now!



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Yup.. that's pretty much fixed. I'm not even going to try to do any better than that LOL :)



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Yup.. that's pretty much fixed. I'm not even going to try to do any better than that LOL :)

Thanks, I think it turned out pretty good.  There's a lot of noise, but I was shooting at a high ISO.  I'm going to play around with this "open as" feature and other previously discarded shots.



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Thanks, GregM1.  I think some of your skills are beyond my ability.

 

I tried something different.  I used PS Elements 11 and "Open as . . ." to open the jpeg as a "camera RAW" file.  Then I could edit it with the editor that comes up for RAW files.  I tried uploading the result, but apparently it's too big.  Here's the Flickr version (the green/yellow background is the lawn):

 

10173909564_843e613258_z.jpg
Chipmunk on branch by PrettyCranium, on Flickr

 

I was not aware of this "open as" feature until now!

 

i had a very similar result in the raw processor but i dropped that and went old school pre raw repair. glad you are having positive results and are motivated to try more also.

 

my layer breakdown was, duplicate original, convert the blend mode to screen. combined those two layers and did the auto corrections. those came out dark so i did the brightness contrast layer. used a light blue to paint over the washed out sky. stole the green color from the leaves in the background to paint the blue foreground leaves. used a waming filter on the chipmunk, leaves, and branches. reduced the saturation with the hue/sat layer. used the curves to lower the black intensity. could have gotten a lot cleaner results had i gone back through all the mask and clean up the bleed overs.



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tried editing with capture NX, but sliders could not eliminate the presence of magenta in the image. Finally decided to add a custom sepia tone and cropped the image

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Thanks for the explanation, GregM1!  Still a bit more than I am used to -- I only have basic skills.

 

Gump85, thank you for trying your hand too.  I like the effect of the sepia, it looks like an old-fashioned photo.



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Pretty good fixes all round folks! The only problem you got GregM1 was the halo effect around the leaves but like you say a bit more time spent that could be fixed.

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Love photoshop for the open in camera raw. I didn't think jpeg would turn out that good in them. Well done.

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Thanks, it is a handy feature for sure!







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