Back in 2014, we spent time visiting friends in Provence (Southern France) and I had just learned how to process in HDR. Almost all my photos from that trip are horribly over processed, like the one in the upper left corner. And, unfortunately, in my naiveté back then, I deleted the originals once I'd combined them into the HDR version. In our last PS lesson (with Junko), I decided to try to repair the over processing and see if I could salvage some of those images. In this one, I applied several lessons: sky replacement, layer masks, brush tool, gradient tool, and color fill layer, along with content-aware-fill to eliminate all the dust spots. To even be able to write those down and know what they mean tells me how much I've learned!
that is awesome @Taffy. It is hard not to overprocess, one gets so excited with the new technique you just learn. I know I tend to overprocess in a way I like the added drama overprocessing does. lol, for me it is hard to tell when I have taken it a bit too far
Great re-edit with more subtle tones and a natural feel. I have a whole host of images that need this treatment from the days when it was easy to over process.
I thank you for showing the before and after. It's hard for me to imagine you posting a less than stunning photo, but I can see that like the rest of us, you been on a learning curve too. (Just wish I was as far along that curve as you.)
Love the new edit. The view is beautiful. Thanks for sharing what you do. Amazed I can understand what you're talking about. A year and half ago it would have all been gobbledygook, lol!
