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Autumn Colors


I would suggest that you select the blue of the sky by using the Select > Color Range... dialog. Once there I'd use the eyedropper tool to select the sky. It will take about three clicks or so to capture most of the blues. You can use either the add color eyedropper tool (with the little +) or simply hold down the shift key and click away. Once you hit OK you'll have a nice selection of the sky. Then add a Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation... and try increasing the saturation to about +17 and making the lightness setting about -6 or a bit more. Those numbers are just a guess but I think they are on the right track for getting a deep autumn blue sky.

Good Luck!
 
Nice pic yogad! :righton:

I'd, too, take the same approach as Welles has described... ;)

There's lots of room for experimentation on a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer! [excited]
 
might want to change the color of the leaves too... atleast a few like the begining of Fall when only a few leaves are orange
 
Indeed. I do plan on changing the leaves a bit too. In the area where I took the pic, the leaves tend to just die and fall off. So I got the shot when the leaves were green so I could change them in PS.

Now, one additional question if it is not too much to ask. The temple in the picture is a bit crooked. How can I correct the perspective? I tried to use the search for the forum....lets just say it is not as helpful as it could be. So, a bit of info or a link to some would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

YogaD
 
I think it looks good the way it is.
But if you want to make the tower more vertical, select the measuring tool (it is in the roll out under the eyedropper), and draw a line along an edge that you want to be vertical.

Now select Image->Rotate Canvas->Arbitrary.
Photoshop will have automatically put in the angle you need based upon the line you drew with the measuring tool, so just hit OK and enjoy :-)


CC
 
I see what you mean, yogad. Try this. First copy your image to a new layer so if things go wrong you can just trash it, plus you can assess your progress easily by making the different layers visible. Make the background layer invisible by clicking on the eye next to the layer in the Layers Palette. Then try the Edit > Transform > Skew command. A bounding box with corner handles will appear around your image. Try adjusting the two top handles by pulling them out to the sides until the image looks right. You might also wish to experiment with the Distort command instead of the skew but you'll probably have to crop the image if you go that route.

Were I to change the leaf color, I would probably zoom in on the image about 300% and use the Magic Wand tool (tolerance about 20 and Contiguous unchecked) to select the colors of the leaves. Shift + clicking adds to your selection. I had a selection I'd probably use Layer > New > Layer via copy to be able to just work on the leaves and erase anything else I didn't wish to adjust which happened to get included in the selection. Then a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer would do the color change magic.

Good Luck!
 
Ok, my trusty helpers...

I don't know if I have achieved what I set out to do, so I want your opinion. I wanted to create a picture that conveys some sort sense of constancy in the midst of change. Thus the autumn colors (change) surrounding the religeous icon, the temple (constancy, God..etc)

This is my first attempt and the colors seem different than they did in photoshop, but...any opinions, thoughts, pointers....

http://laxenterprises.com/temp/temple_small3.jpg

Thanks for your help so far.

YogaD
 
Looking good :D
Jood job on the leaves, they look great.

The temple looks a bit bright, and there are Halos around the temple and the clouds, is this intentional to emphasize the religious elements?
 
No...the halos were not intentional. There are a couple of things that I need to fix. That is one thing that I do not know how to fix. I am still toying with the sky. I don't know if I like it that dark/purpleish blue. Thanks for the feedback!
 
YogaD

It is always hard to critique other's work because our screens are probably 'seeing' the images differently for one and every decision we make is subjective when modifying an image for conveyance of a different mood. The fine print out of the way... ;)

The change in the lower leaves, perspective, and getting rid of the office building on the right are excellent changes. I am less enthusiastic about the combination of blurring and posterization of the clouds, preferring a more natural defined look. The sky appears almost purple on my screen. Is that intentional? Allied to the change of the sky is the upper dark silhouetted leaves. Notice how they are blurred where they meet the sky. That's an obvious and instant give away that the image has been modified and my goal in manipulating an image is always to leave it 'natural' enough that the viewer can't recognize that it has been manipulated.

I'd say you've absolutely nailed many of the changes but still have some work on the sky.

:righton:

PS You answered the Captain while I was composing my response!
 
Ok the halos will probably be because your selection is too hard edged. THe pixels at borders between sky and clouds, or sky and temple are a bit blue from the sky, and a bit white from the clouds, so they need to have the hue adjustment applied to them slightly, but not as much as the sky. If you applied the adjustments with the sky as a selection try feathering the selection first (in the selection menu, experiment with the number of pixels to feather it by). If you had the sky selection stored as a mask (which is nicer thing to do anyway) then try running the Gaussian blur on the mask.

You could try just running the Hue adjustment on the whole image, but just adjust the blues in the Hue/Sat adjustment dialog.

If anything is not clear then just give us a shout, and I will try and explain myself better. Or one of the clever people herabouts will be able to straighten things out.
 
Excellent job on the trees, yogad! :}

;) Personally, I wouldn't have toyed with either the clouds or the sky! My 2 cents... :\ I, too, find the new hue of the sky to be a bit too purplish...unless you're going for a stormy effect! [confused]

Keep at it until YOU are satisfied! :righton:
 
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