The subject is primarily interesting
and is suitable as a starting point for a
photo book. However, something isn’t
right with the perspective and that
‘something special’ is missing.
THE PROBLEM: The example image is fascinating due to the vivid colors, but its perspective is distorted. Unavoidably, taking the picture from another perspective was not possible.
PHOTOGRAPHING DIFFERENTLY: A polarizing fi lter could have increased the color saturation level. Balancing the perspective distortion is possible only with an expensive tilt-shift lens.
OPTIMIZING ON THE PC: Mosaic eff ect
can be used as the cover page of a
photo book. Before that, the photo has
to be color corrected. Move the sign
with the Photoshop function ‘Reduce
glare’. In the example, a value of ‘-35’
for the vertical perspective leads to the
desired alignment. After rotating it by a
few degrees, further adjust the section
with the ‘Crop’ tool. Make the colors
more vibrant with ‘Picture | Adjust |
Tonal correction’. For ‘Tonal inclination’,
enter ‘30’ and ‘240’ as minimum and
maximum values and to darken, enter a
value between the two values ‘0,87’ in the
fi eld. Through ‘Selective color correction’,
specifi cally emphasize important colors
for eff ective results. Depending on the
subject ‘+30’ is a good approximate value.
In the example image, it is worthwhile
to intensify the shades of cyan, blue and
red. Duplicate the corrected layers. As a
fi lling method, select ‘Overlap [‘ and click
‘Filter | Pixilation fi lter | Mosaic eff ect’;
experiment with diff erent cell sizes. A
good result will be achieved if the layer
is reduced in size before rasterizing. The
mosaic appears exceedingly large if it
is enlarged later. Additionally, it can be
moved a little to intensify the eff ect. The
mosaic eff ect is often weak on images
with a large homogeneous surface.
Duplicate the mosaic layer and use it
on the new layer ‘Filter | Stylize fi lter |
Find contours’. Select ‘Soft light’ with an
‘Opacity’ of ‘33 %’ as layer fi ll. Places that
are too dark due to a high contrast can be
lightened again in the fi rst layer with the
dodge tool.
THE PROBLEM: The example image is fascinating due to the vivid colors, but its perspective is distorted. Unavoidably, taking the picture from another perspective was not possible.
PHOTOGRAPHING DIFFERENTLY: A polarizing fi lter could have increased the color saturation level. Balancing the perspective distortion is possible only with an expensive tilt-shift lens.

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