S1MON
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I took a photo today of my Caterham at the top of Winterhill which is badly exposed (rushed as blocking someone elses route - that's my excuse anyway  ).
I have used auto levels in CS3 for the first picture and photomatix for the second. I have also included a link to the original photo just in case someone fancies showing me how it should be done 
Link to original photo
Thanks
Simon
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RovingMike
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Well first time I've seen one with a socking great pole sticking out of the bonnet. Will try to take a peep at the levels etc, but top one looks reasonable. Bottom is a horror story. 
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BigWill
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Yes, note to self Simon "always check the background"  
BigWill
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S1MON
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I get great reception on my radio though!
I know the bottom one is pretty awfull but I would have liked a bit of the punchy colours in the car on the top shot.
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RovingMike
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So this is mine. Couldn't be bothered to take the pole out and that wasn't your issue in the first place. Any better / different?
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Mike
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Fen
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Here you go...
Steps...
1. Removed the background
2. Duplicated layer
3. Set to 'pin light'
4. Duplicate original layer again
5. Cut out sky
6. Adjust levels
7. Add a 'black to transparent' grad to give sky more umph.
I can send a 600px high PSD to you if you want
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RovingMike
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What's with the magenta sky??
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Fen
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What's with the magenta sky??
That'd be the strange atmospheric effects of the radio masts at Winterhill
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Rustyknight
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If you go a few steps further using Qtpfsgui, you could get something like this....
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S1MON
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I think of all the adjusted photos it's Mike's that I most prefer. Probably because he has kept the aerial in for one and also because it looks the most natural (I feel bad saying that after how I treated mine with Photomatix).
Rusty that is interesting what you have done with your version. I could grow to like that style!
Thanks for the offer of the copy Fen, yes please send it to me.
Thanks again
Simon
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ermintrude
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Here you go...
I cant quite tell if youre being serious or not... o_O
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RovingMike
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I think of all the adjusted photos it's Mike's that I most prefer. Probably because he has kept the aerial in for one and also because it looks the most natural
Simon, in fact the auto levels did a better job than manual. Then I pulled the curves and saturation up a bit and did a high pass to just sharpen it a bit. Metal things often look good with some sharpening.
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