I bounced out of bed this morning, with a photo I took that may show off these techniques better than what I did yesterday with my self-portrait. This photo is of my skateboard, using a grid spot flash attachment to produce a limited lighting effect, and high contrast.
The original starts out with a pleasing effect in my eye, but I'll bet it can look better.
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| Skateboard and shoes with dramatic lighting - original |
So I applied the same techniques as yesterday, comprising of an inverted layer with Surface Blur filter added, to bring out details. Quite a bit of details appeared in this photo. More than appeared on the portrait shot I tried to adjust yesterday.
Then I did the recommended Overlay blend mode with a Gaussian Blur, and a bit of Highlights/Shadows adjustment layer to increase contrast in the midtones that appears as a sharper grit on the skateboard decking.
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| Skateboard and shoes after details enhanced |
In this example, you can definitely see more texture and 3-D effect on the front surface of the black shoe, and the details around the shoe stitching. Which version you prefer is up to you! The original looks so smooth and inviting; the after version looks more edgy.
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