N00B needs help

[Kraellin]

I don't give it much heed.

I just listen to my wife.

you are a wise man, sir

[Kraellin]

and to answer your question, andy. if there was no great significance to the car or house or some other element in the image, i'd probably just do a little curves/levels/brightness-contrast to bring the lighting up a bit and any lighting balancing needed.

[Andy Wright]

Hi,

Just a quickie. I thought you may want to see the final result of my first posting (ahh, the nostalgia, lol). Filesize is only 27kb, but thats because I was rushing to reduce the image size and wasn't paying attention (I know, I know, more haste, less speed etc)

Comments welcome as always

Regards
Andy

[Kraellin]

andy, when you lighten, be careful of losing tones and washing things out. the asphalt got a bit bleached out there and some of the tones on the house dont look quite right now either.

what did you use here?

[Andy Wright]

Kraellin, I'd started to notice the road becoming bleached as you put it, once I'd taken a step back from the screen, lol.

My problem is, is that I get so engrossed in what I'm doing, I sometimes forget to actually 'look' at the resulting image regularly.....if that makes any sense, hehe. amateurish, i agree, but a habit I'm hoping to change.

I use PS CS2 and adjusted curves & levels. I think what may have created the mistake was when I adjusted the brightness/contrast (learn by mymistakes, I know, hehe)....

Suffice to say, your advice is most welcome and has been taken on board.

<< humble pie successfully eaten, lol

Regards
Andy

[Kraellin]

trust me, even the pros need to 'walk away' from a piece at times and come back and look again with 'fresh eyes'