I’m not a big Photoshopper. I like my images to look real. Usually the only things I do in Photoshop are crop, photomerge, and do minor work on lighting (to make things look more like they actually did–not less). I’m not a fan of HDR.

However, the original for today’s photo came out sort of strange. The grass near me had a dreamy, out-of-focus quality that I decided to push onto the rest of the image somewhat. I also lightened the shadows on the soccer player. What do you think?

Here is the original .jpg with no alterations:

Posted on August 29th, 2012 under only in ashland, people • Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, photography, Raider Athletics, soccer, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed