Before and After Monday

The Before

 

The After

 

This is an HDR created from 12 different exposures. I had to go pretty dark on the sky to keep from getting the blown-out whites. Looking back I might have added a little more contrast to the concrete. Actually, I'm going to try it now...

 

Ok, here's what I got.

 

The After After

 

 

To get the added contrast was pretty easy. Just duplicate the layer, desaturate, change Blending Mode to Multiply, then go to Brightness/Contrast and move the brightness slider all the way to the right. I could have also tried my Topaz plug-in. Well, I might as well...

 

Here's one using Topaz Adjust's: Photo Pop action. I masked out what it did to the sky because it doesn't work well on clouds.

 

The After After After



 

You can see how HDR and a few Photoshop tricks can add some interesting detail to an otherwise boring photo, and I promise no more Afters.