help with some pics

[Spoon]

guys im having some trouble editing these pics, ive tried em in photoshop but cannot seem to get the desired effect. i want the pic crisp and surreal.

have you guys watched return of the king? remember the part wherein aragorn, gimli and legolas entered the dimholt road to get to the kingdom of the dead king under the mountains? thats the effect i want.

 

[Cacia]

Spoon, You can take this advice or leave it.......Photoshop is a bear. Very time consuming and complicated. At my level, for example, I find that Picasa (yes with an "a") is so much more useful. It is a free Google download. All the button functions very straightforward and easy. Try "I am Feeling Lucky", Sharpen, fill light, tuning (shadows) Color saturation, etc. You can play with different effects very easily. Nice shot!

 

[alcina]

I am so not a photoshop guru but off the top of my head here is what I would try:

Convert to black and white.
Hit the shadows pretty hard in levels probably.
Go to filters and use the unsharp mask to try to coax some sharpness. There's nothing in crisp focus that I can see so you'll need to fake it out with the harsh shadows and some creative sharpening.

Good luck.

 

[Gilligan]

Must be the generation gap Spoon, cause I don't have a clue what you are referring to

 

[midwestdvr]

Must be the generation gap Spoon, cause I don't have a clue what you are referring to

It's the third movie in the Lord of the Rings series. I don't you're that old Gilligan.

 

[alcina]

BTW - I tried to download your image to have a go, but it's too small.

If you could pop up an image 700 on it's longest side, even if it's under 100kb, it would be better.

 

[Spoon]

Spoon, You can take this advice or leave it.......Photoshop is a bear. Very time consuming and complicated. At my level, for example, I find that Picasa (yes with an "a") is so much more useful. It is a free Google download. All the button functions very straightforward and easy. Try "I am Feeling Lucky", Sharpen, fill light, tuning (shadows) Color saturation, etc. You can play with different effects very easily. Nice shot!

i agree! photoshop is such a bore and i have been looking for a new and user friendly program to tinker with, i might check this picasa out thanks

 

[Spoon]

BTW - I tried to download your image to have a go, but it's too small.

If you could pop up an image 700 on it's longest side, even if it's under 100kb, it would be better.

you referring to the 3rd attachment? that aint my pic thats a screenshot from the movie

 

[Spoon]

Must be the generation gap Spoon, cause I don't have a clue what you are referring to

everyone knows the lord of the rings

 

[alcina]

No, I tried from your images - the first two