Creating a Strong Printable Photo
When you have a shot you really like and want to get the very best print out of it, here's a technique I find very successful. It involves just a few manipulations that you'll find easy to master assuming you have Adobe CS-CS4. This shot I got of a Spring cloud formation in March of this year was very acceptable. As I ingested it into a new gallery I thought this will be a good shot I can do something with one day. So I gave it a star, but did not name it. After a few months of working on other images I decided to revisit it and upon looking it over I clearly decided it would need some revision.The image above is the before image. Here's my workflow. After opening and duplicating your image, and I find the easiest way to duplicate is to drag down the original background image onto the create a new layer icon under the layers palette, go to the Layer Tab, then New Adjustment Layer, then Levels. From here you can define a much stronger contrast ratio by utilizing the histog