Another experiment in processing dark photos

[drwex]

An A/B pair this time. Maybe more clear than the stair picture...

The unretouched image:


Not bad, says I. But wait, those terrace layers are awfully bright. What happens if I darken things down a bit?




Thoughts and comments always welcome.

Comments

Re: I've been playing with curves

[coraline]

ah, i'm using lightroom pretty much exclusively now -- i'm not sure if there's something equivalent in PS but it may be a LR only thing.

i do like the first picture though, lack of detail and all.