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Found this old livery shop near Lexington, Va.
C&C welcome.
Comments on tonality are very welcomed!
Done w/ Nik Sefx Pro
Dan



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Lexington Livery




Mar 01, 2014 at 10:39 AM
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a nice place to shoot and the textures are good. pity there is not more room on all sides.
regards, tom



Mar 01, 2014 at 11:05 AM
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tomandmarj wrote:
a nice place to shoot and the textures are good. pity there is not more room on all sides.
regards, tom


Tom, you are 100% correct!! I will not make an excuse as to why there is not. Not thinking obviously when framing the shot!
Thanks!! Rushing probably!
Dan



Mar 01, 2014 at 11:24 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Old Livery Shop


Tom,
I redid this expanding the sides....





Redo with Content Aware Fill




Mar 01, 2014 at 11:54 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Old Livery Shop


Dan, nice redo and love that that old wagon.
Don



Mar 01, 2014 at 12:12 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Old Livery Shop


Dan,
I just commented on the crop in your color version - so I'll spare you here .
(Oh, I really like the basic image.)
IMO some additional brightness/contrast would be a welcome change to give a bit more life to the shot.
The problem with cloning in stuff that isn't there is that (somehow) the clone tool picks up certain parts and reproduces them exactly. This is particularly noticeable on the left side.
Charlie

Note:
After a couple of PMs with Dan, he said, "Sure giver a go." (Not his exact words .)
This is just one version; of course, a person can emphasize it differently.
So, Dan, here's what I did:
1. Copied your expanded version.
2. Realized that I don't actually know HOW to add to the sides like you did.
But that doesn't matter, because what I did is only related to what often happens when you clone in.
3. Below- the first image is yours and the next one is my edit.
4. On the left side I picked the area I would use to correct this "duplication" thing that can happen when cloning in. Notice how it picked up a bunch of horizontal lines from the cabin walls- when all I was trying to do was make it a broad white line.
5. Inside that area, I cloned in a selection of other bits to cover the duplicates in your first edit.
6. When I disguised the main ones, that whole section was somewhat blurry, so I selected it and did some sharpening so that it would match its surroundings.
And last:
7. Using the brightness/contrast tool, I made the overall image a bit contrastier (again- a matter of taste, and I decided on this combo).
That's all I did. Much easier to do than explain with words .
Here is your original expanded version- followed by my edit of it.
Charlie








Dan's expanded version







My edit




Mar 01, 2014 at 06:21 PM
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Good job Charlie and thanks!
Yes the contrast is indeed a matter of taste. Underneath the porch near the top of the porch roof need your added brightness/contrast as did the buggy
In your edit the left side of the building is showing portions of the roof line that need cloning out. You explained that well and I understand.
I used the "Content Aware" tool in CS6 to add width to the initial image. But its use to me is still in the learning stage. I tried to find an image to paste a more real selection of tree leaves, boards, posts, wheel chocks(those blocky things in the left bottom corner on stoop) but had no luck yet.
These are still "works in progress".
Thanks for your tips.
Anyone else feel free to chime in.
Dan



Mar 02, 2014 at 08:44 AM





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