Processing Football Shots

[TxPhotoShooter]

Usually I just tweak them in photoshop. I decided to play with the shot below using PhotoTools 2.5. Does any one use this program for their sports shots?

Below is the original shot and the processed one. Is the processing too much?

Original - No Processing



Processed

[hue-e]

kinda looks a little weird where the darks meet the lights, and around the 88, but still cool.

in PS, try making a new layer, then going to filter/other/highpass, set to about 4 or 6, then set layer blending mode to vivid light, then bring down the opacity to your liking. that will make the parts you want crispy, crispy.

as far as color/contrast, that's up to you... all manor of stuff you can do there. just a matter of personal preference.

[TxPhotoShooter]

Originally Posted by hue-e

in PS, try making a new layer, then going to filter/other/highpass, set to about 4 or 6, then set layer blending mode to vivid light, then bring down the opacity to your liking. that will make the parts you want crispy, crispy.

Okay, thanks.

[bret]

TxPhotoShooter,
not bad, IMHO. Still, to me, fwiw, looks like over-processed. very well be my mac laptop.
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[Tom]

In the processed one, I think you have lost a bit too much detail in some of the whites like the helmets and jerseys.

[TxPhotoShooter]

Thanks for the comments. Here is the same shot but I opened it in Lightroom 2 and then tweaked it with hue-e's suggestion.

[princer7]

Originally Posted by hue-e

in PS, try making a new layer, then going to filter/other/highpass, set to about 4 or 6, then set layer blending mode to vivid light, then bring down the opacity to your liking. that will make the parts you want crispy, crispy.

Thank you for posting this. I learn something new every day on TPF!

[hue-e]

Glad I could help.

I actually learned that from reading/watching quite a few different tutorials on processing photos like Dave Hill and Joey L so I can't take all the credit.

Some of the post techniques are a little overboard, so I just take what I want from them.

Also, this is just one step in some of those processes. It's just the one step I would sometimes recommend if you want a little bit of pop in the details.

[don0234]

Originally Posted by hue-e

kinda looks a little weird where the darks meet the lights, and around the 88, but still cool.

in PS, try making a new layer, then going to filter/other/highpass, set to about 4 or 6, then set layer blending mode to vivid light, then bring down the opacity to your liking. that will make the parts you want crispy, crispy.

as far as color/contrast, that's up to you... all manor of stuff you can do there. just a matter of personal preference.

You rock. That is so easy and looks good. Thanks!