Thank you Matt! You Colleen David Johnston are the reason I jumped on here. Little nervous but have loved it so far.
As far as the image and your suggestions, I absolutely want to get the highlights darkened and that upper part of the image darkened. That was kind of my intent but I think I kept getting the image darker as a whole which played some part in that blacks being pushed too far. I will work on that and see if I can make it better with some of the suggestions I’ve gotten.
Have a great weekend up in them mountains if you’re hiking.
Thank you Keith! I Definitely love what you did. I love the de-contrasting look ( not sure if that’s the right word) the desaturation really worked well. I really appreciate the changes you made and will incorporate that into the re-edit.
Nice man! Welcome to NPN!
BTW Try to start w/ a neutral camera profile first to reduce contrast and build it more slowly instead of globally.
Thank you very much John!
Is puppet warp different from a normal warp in photoshop?
Welcome to NPN Justin. You have wonderful composition here, and I echo all the other comments, especially about the saturation level in the greens. You have already gotten some great feedback and example edits so I will not add to that. Great to have you here and I hope to see more of your work.
Welcome to NPN, Justin. You’ve gotten a lot of good suggestions and ideas from others, so I’ll just say that I enjoy looking at your original image and look forward to more of your work.
Welcome to NPN, Justin. What a great first image. I’m at the bottom of a long list of suggested ideas so I won’t add anything that hasn’t already been said as it has been covered, but I did want to say how much I love the scene that you posted.
Don’t ever feel nervous about posting an image or commenting on someone else’s image. That’s why we are all here. To both learn and help each other. We never criticize, we just critique and you can learn as much by critiquing someone else’s image as you can from hearing what others have to say about your own image. I think you’re going to feel right at home here. Have fun with it, Justin.
Thank you very much! Definitely look forward to see your work in the future!
Thank you! I’ve Definitely got the feeling that it’s a great place and super supportive with the best feedback I’ve ever got.
Sorry for the delay Justin. If by “normal” you mean the Transform Warp, yes they are different. Take a look here: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/warp-images-shapes-paths.html