Does anyone know how to get this effect on a picture?!

Hello Guys!


I am curious if anyone knows how to achieve this effect:
https://www.facebook.c​om …764274795/?type​=1&theater

(Btw there are some great pictures of the Total 24h of Spa race in the album)
So I look at the image, and see, these have so much darks, and highlights, much more then a normal picture, BUT the darks and highlights are not blown out, and the colors of the image are much "sharper".

has anyone any idea?!

Probably one of the easiest is to get one of those cheap tripods at a discount store, mount a heavy dslr on it so that it keeps flopping to the side causing the horizon to be horribly tilted.

Picture North Carolina wrote in post #17073426
Probably one of the easiest is to get one of those cheap tripods at a discount store, mount a heavy dslr on it so that it keeps flopping to the side causing the horizon to be horribly tilted.

Well this was shot handheld, so not tripod in this one.

Boosting Clarity in Lightroom can produce this effect to some extent.
HIRALOAM sharpening in something like Photoshop is similar.
Could also be a relatively mild application of some pseudo-HDR effects using special effects software like Nik or Topaz.

Eyeball2 wrote in post #17073459
Boosting Clarity in Lightroom can produce this effect to some extent.
HIRALOAM sharpening in something like Photoshop is similar.
Could also be a relatively mild application of some pseudo-HDR effects using special effects software like Nik or Topaz.

Thank you for very much, I will look into these.

There are some clues in this: The Movie 300 – Photoshop Talk

NemethR wrote in post #17073434
Well this was shot handheld, so not tripod in this one.

After a while, leveling the shot should be an instinct that just takes time to develop. For now, make it a priority to look for that & shoot a little bit wide so that you can level the image in PP.

Eyeball2 wrote in post #17073459
HIRALOAM sharpening in something like Photoshop is similar.

I've not come across HIRALOAM before, care to explain?

Lowner wrote in post #17073514
I've not come across HIRALOAM before, care to explain?

HIgh RAdius, LOw AMount using the normal Unsharp Mask filter.

Depending on the size of the details in the image, radius could be as low as 10 or as high as 50. Amount is usually in the 10-15 range. Of course you can use whatever you want. I often set Amount to 100 initially so I can see how the light/dark areas emphasis is working as I adjust radius. Then I back the Amount down to a low number.

The idea usually is to add some pop and reduce any dullness/haziness that may be in the original.

You can add a little more sophistication in Photoshop, if needed, by using Blend If sliders on the HIRALOAM layer to prevent clipping of shadows and highlights but since you are often working on a rather low-contrast image to begin with it isn't always necessary.

Many thanks for the explanation.

Lowner wrote in post #17073514
I've not come across HIRALOAM before, care to explain?

A.K.A. Local Contrast Enhancement, when performed with the Unsharp Mask tool.

Clarity, in some software.

Lots of clarity boost, and some over sharpening,

Lots of sharpening, as mentioned. Then you could duplicate the layer, desaturate the new layer, then change the blend mode to overlay or soft light and adjust opacity. All in Photoshop.

M_Six wrote in post #17076510
Lots of sharpening, as mentioned. Then you could duplicate the layer, desaturate the new layer, then change the blend mode to overlay or soft light and adjust opacity. All in Photoshop.

Thank you!

Picture North Carolina wrote in post #17073426
Probably one of the easiest is to get one of those cheap tripods at a discount store, mount a heavy dslr on it so that it keeps flopping to the side causing the horizon to be horribly tilted.

The tilt looks intentional to me. Ever heard of adding dynamism by means of diagonals?

NemethR wrote in post #17073188
Hello Guys!


I am curious if anyone knows how to achieve this effect:
https://www.facebook.c​om …764274795/?type​=1&theater

(Btw there are some great pictures of the Total 24h of Spa race in the album)
So I look at the image, and see, these have so much darks, and highlights, much more then a normal picture, BUT the darks and highlights are not blown out, and the colors of the image are much "sharper".

has anyone any idea?!

I know you have had answers already but here's mine.

To me it looks like a technique ive used (probably too often) in Lightroom.
Pull the highlights slider all the way to the left, move the Shadow slider all the way to the right, Clarity slider all the way up and Vibrancy slider a bit to the left ot desaturate certain bright colours. Maybe up the contrast if the blacks are too weak.
This sort of gives a HDR look. it doest work for every image but i like the effect.

This is the sort of thing i mean

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