Photo Processing

I loved loved loved David Hunt's photograph of a winding Utah road and I wanted to see what else I could get out of the image. I processed first with Lightroom for exposure, white balance and sharpening.

First Pass

I then took this image into Photoshop and played a bit more. I added more contrast, standard and overlay vignetting, and more sharpening with a high pass overlay.

Second Pass

The whole process took me around five (5) minutes. Not too bad, I'd say. For most of my photographs, I just use Lightroom, no Photoshop, and can blow through a batch rather quickly.


4 Comments

  1. From Shy

    Commented March 6th, 2008 12:41 pm

    I've been on that road before, very nice and winding, it's also featured on the 2005 documentary...

  2. From 808

    Commented March 6th, 2008 4:08 pm

    Is this the guy that plays for Monster?

    Thanks for the well wishes. Rock on up there.

  3. From drew

    Commented March 6th, 2008 5:34 pm

    Indeed, David Hunt = ATM = Monster player.

  4. From Dave

    Commented March 6th, 2008 7:08 pm

    Wish I knew more about post-processing my photos. I should definitely checkout Lightroom sometime (or maybe Aperture).

    I like the first iteration, the second looks a little harsh in the shadows of the mountain on the right though. Glad you liked the picture.

    -Dave

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