advice on blown sky

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Hi

Wondering if anything could be done to save this ? or is too bad

bench4.jpg


All advice welcomed :thumbs:
 
Did you shoot in RAW? If so try doing two conversions, one for foreground & one for sky then drop the darker one onto the lighter one then change blending mode to hard light, opacity around 80%. That worked a min ago on one of my images, hope it helps with yours.

Rob.
 
No Raw on my beginner camera :(

Thanks anyhow Rob


Jack :thumbs:
 
Only other thing to do is replace the sky although with the tree & reflection it will probably be a tough one!
 
Thanks fellas

didn't think anything could be done just wondered if there were any tricks

hopefully once I get a dslr with filters I wont have as many problems on days like this lol :lol:
 
I had a quick play. This is about as good as I can get without spending a lot of time fiddling with the trees.

bench41.jpg


Copy the pic to new layer. Play with colour levels to get a layer with a blue tint. Blend mode 'darken'. Layer mask on tinted layer and brush out the foreground to bring the bench back.

Saturation to lift the grass a little.

Curves to bring a bit more contrast in and then a little sharpen.
 
Idid try mono but it doesnt really suit the subject.
 
I don't think there is any hope of pulling back sky detail I'm afraid. But you do have a few options to play with, a couple being ...


  • You could go back another day and have another go. If it's a bright day, try using a tripod and taking two shots. One exposing for the sky, and one for the ground/water/trees. Maybe even do 3 exposures so you have one for the bench and immediate foreground to. Then when you come to processing, it's not too difficult to merge all three exposures, to give you a better 'all over' exposure.
  • You could take Lukes advice and convert to B&W. I had a little dabble with converting to B&W and came up with the results below. Granted there is still no detail in the sky, but some of the detail that was not there in the original has been pulled back. To be honest though, I would probably still go and re shoot it, as I like cloud detail. But if going back is not an option, and you would still like a decent photographic memory of your visit, then B&W is an option.

mt1.jpg
 
Thanks for all advice

Jo how did you do the b&w conversion
 
I used my Corel Paintshop Pro Photo x2. Went into the 'effects' browser and selected B&W conversion from there, shifted the clarify slider up to about half way. Then I think, before saving I did a final levels adjustment, shifting the midtone slider to the right slightly.

Sorry I can't be more specific :$ I did my usual trick of closing out of it before making a note of the actions.
 
I didn't think it would make a very good B&W pic....how wrong I was though!!!
I think I will have a look through some old pics and see if I can find any to play about with and convert :)
 
:) Glad I could be of help, and thanks for the compliments folks.
 
Terrific B&W conversion. Would't have thought of it, couldn't have done it.
 
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