this is the before:

After:

 

looks worse IMO...

 

^^it does haha

 

how do you guys do that stuff anyway program or what

 

what were you trying to accomplish?

 

how u made that tree like that?

 

doesn't require that much skill

 

I came into this thread expecting another person to go over board on editing a picture

 

it does when you dont know what your doing

 

simple smart filters.

1. Convert to smart object
2. Image > Adjustments > Shadows & Highlights. Mess with so car still looks normal. The higher the numbers the more contrast in the end.
3. Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp mask. Again mess w/ sliders to get where you want.
4. Layer > New Adjustment layer > Black & White. Set this layer as an overlay. Adjust opacity.

Enjoy.

 

yeah so give me some info on it haha

 

OP which program did you use to edit the pic? I agree with everyone else that it looks worse than the original.

 

my attempt. nothing crazy just wanted to make the sky darker and some **** lighter

 

i used gimp 2

 

i dont like photoshopped pics, if you take the picture properly there is no need for it.

 

love this mentality... I work with professional photographers all the time in my field and we ALWAYS photoshop every file...

 

A pro photographer will tell you otherwise. All pro photogs edit all their pics regardless how good they come out of their memory cards.

 

I find GIMP harder to use than PS...

 

gimp blows.

 

what do u do exactly??? if u dont mind me asking i always see the designer part and im always like wtf is his field lol

 

I'm a web art director (advertising) currently at VML (www.vml.com) but was trained in print design.

 

Lol Did you make the contrast brighter lol. It was a ok attempt man keep it up hope it gets better

 

lol thanks! well i used gimp cuz its free :p

 

just about everything is free if you download the torrent heh

 

where can i download PS?