dipstick Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 (edited) I made a Faux HDR image today in PDN. A real HDR image would require multiple exposures and is not suitable for a moving target like my image, so I did the next best thing. 1) I selected the blown out sky with the magic wand tool set @ 12% for my case, then delete. 2) I used BoltBait's "Old Feather" plugin to clean up what was left. 3) I added a blank layer below and applied a gradient to make the sky. 4) I added Clouds and some blur to make a reasonable looking sky. 5) I tweaked the contrast and Saturation. Not too shabby for 15 minutes of work. Edited July 6, 2016 by dipstick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Nice work. Much better than the original. Good on you. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishi Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 That's a fairly decent result. You did forget to mention step number 5 which is to saturate the color of the eagle and the tree. But yes, convincing result for a short editing time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collagemaster Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 beautiful results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) That is a striking difference, dipstick. Wonderful! Edited July 6, 2016 by lynxster4 Quote My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipstick Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 Thanks everyone for the kind remarks. Yes I forgot a step or two, I modified the 1st post to reflect that. I shoot and edit quite a bit from time to time and usually move quickly through the editing process. I often duplicate the layer and throw a bunch of filters at it, then use the opacity slider to fine tune the amount of adjustments I want to apply. I may enter this image in a photo contest. If I do, I'll be sure to credit Paint.NET as the image editor used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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