Help needed!

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Help needed: Fernando Rocha

This photo was rejected on JP.NET, it seems to be over exposed!



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This photo was rejected to on JP.NET, how can i make it better?

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[LX-A343]

Thi first one is indeed way overexposed. There's hardly a difference between the fuselage and the sky around it. The sky is almost completely white. I doubt, this can be saved, even if I don't know, how the original picture looks like.

The second picture is very dark IMHO and too grainy. You also masked the sky and brightened it up. Unfortunately, there is a dark blue frame around the aircraft (best visible on the upper end of the fuselage).
Again, without seeing the original picture, I can't give a final judgement.

Hope it helps.

Gerardo

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So here goes the original photo. A litle bit compressed due the 500k limitation.

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[ckw]

I don't think anything can be done with these - the problem is with the origianl scan (I'm assuming the photo itself is OK). Far too much contrast - the darks and lights have lost too much detail.

Probably need details of your scanner/software for anyone to give precise advice, but as a strting point, you shouldn't necessarily trust your scanner's default or auto settings. You should have some means of establishing the white and/or black points of your image.

As it is, no Photoshop magic can recover tone and detail that has been lost during the scan.

Cheers,

Colin

[ckw]

I don't think anything can be done with these - the problem is with the origianl scan (I'm assuming the photo itself is OK). Far too much contrast - the darks and lights have lost too much detail.

Probably need details of your scanner/software for anyone to give precise advice, but as a starting point, you shouldn't necessarily trust your scanner's default or auto settings. You should have some means of establishing the white and/or black points of your image.

As it is, no Photoshop magic can recover tone and detail that has been lost during the scan.

Cheers,

Colin