help, can this be saved

[brownin]

I have the raw image but i just couldn't miss that sky, foreground is an old primary school, can anyone help, recommend what i can do to possibly make this image interesting and save it?

 

[overbez]

As you shot in RAW you have a better chance of pulling detail in the dark bits than if only jpg.... no exif so can;t see the ISO - if it was too high it could end up pretty noisy.

either try "shadow recovery" in whatever software you use (Canon's DPP or Lightroom), or resort to making a coupe of exposures (sky / foreground) and blend them (HDR dare I say).

I'm sure if you pop a link up to the RAW file someone will have a go to show you what's possible.

dropbox or www.Speedyshare.com are good for this purpose.

 

[MWHCVT]

I've pulled as much as I could out of this file could probably do better with the RAW but to be honest it's not that great on the focus front from the looks of it and it's that under exposed I doubt you'll get that greater images out of it :shrug:


edit by mwhcvt, on Flickr

 

[overbez]

I had a play with the jpg posted but got simlar to you matt - so I didn't even bother cloning out the wires

............could probably do better with the RAW..................

could definately do much better with the RAW....

............and it's that under exposed I doubt you'll get that greater images out of it :shrug:

yep - underexposed, but should surely be able to pull enough out to give a hint of the school without ending up with a noisy mess.

With the RAW, (and a low enough ISO), I reckon it "can be saved".

Sure, then must follow the question, "what could OP have done differently / next time to do even better".

 

[symmetricalOCD]

9513710665_36eec11919_b_edit by btyreman, on Flickr

did this in PSE10

 

[Nod]

Personally, I would simply crop along the hedge line and lose all the dark foreground. You can (as has been shown) pull some detail out of the dark but I would rather see the sunset than overblown HDR.

 

[jon ryan]

There is some information in there, so the RAW could well produce something useful.

 

[Johnytuono]

Personally I'd only lighten the shadow area a little to remove the solid black (clone out the lines though) thus keeping the emphasis on the sky.
JohnyT