Trying to recreate an edited image

[brianm24]

I have 2 versions of the same image. This is the original unedited version:


And this is the edited version (NOTE: I wasn't the person that edited this):


I am trying to re-create this edited version from the original. I added a black layer and I'm changing the opacity but I just cannot recreate the same colour. Is there any way to identify what was done to the original image to create the edited version? Is there anything else I should try doing?

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[JeffK]

I don't understand - you wanted to add a black overcast to the original? The edited version just has the appearance of being highly underexposed! What exactly are you trying to achieve?

 

[brianm24]

Sorry if my post wasnt clear. How do I re-create the very same image as the edited one I have linked to above using the original version? I tried adding a black layer and changing the opacity but I just cannot create the same colour as the edited version I linked to. Is there anything I should try to do to re-create this?

 

[JeffK]

I don't see "color" - I see a highly underexposed-like image that you posted as edited:

 

[brianm24]

The shading is what I'm trying to recreate. All I need to do is identify how to create a new version of the original image that's the exact same "shade" as the edited version.

 

[IamSam]

Maybe not exact, but close enough.

Before....


After....


Curves adjustment layer and Brightness & Contrast adjustment layer clipped to new image.



Curves adjustment layers properties....