Photoshop This!

I share my photos with so many people and a common response is that they wish or that I should of used Photoshop on some of the photos.

First thing how many actually PS there pictures and is there any key pointers, area, common places that I should start working on to improve my photos the max while using min effort/time?

Aslo would anyone care to visit the following link and after clicking on a photo click larger size and should be large enough photo to PS (I forgot to resize when uploading) and post?

Hawaii Photos

Thanks a million!

I PShop EVERY photo that I retouch. Even if it is just a minor tweek, all shots need something. A spot gone here. A blemish gone there. A dust speck removed riiiight ... there.

Here is a quick adjust of one: #168

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other then the obvious croping can you expalin what else you did?

Definitely brightened it a tad.

well i noticed it looked brighter but thought it was my mind playing tricks on me by removing the surrounding darker areas

I had a go at # 026.

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• Brighter
  
• More saturation in the blues
  
• Better contrast all over but ESPECIALLY in the sun beams
  
• Saturated and brightened the Magenta air-flotation
  
• Cloned out some stuff at the edge of the water at the bottom
  
• Removed the noise
  
• Added photofilter to the center of the horizon line to enhance the golden tone that was already there.

Dusty wrote in post #3612753
I had a go at # 026.

That is MUCH better. Color correctness is one of the BEST adjustments you can ever do.

#26 looks so much better... I really should invest some time into learning some quick PS quick fixes. Other then the link at top of fora any good places for me to go to learn?

Beau Hudspeth wrote in post #3612754
Brighter
More saturation in the blues
Better contrast all over but ESPECIALLY in the sun beams
Saturated and brightened the Magenta air-flotation
Cloned out some stuff at the edge of the water at the bottom
Removed the noise
Added photofilter to the center of the horizon line to enhance the golden tone that was already there.

Thats quite the list! sadly I have no idea where to start. I really must try a few when I get off from work.

This is no. 208. Crop, color correction, darken, vibrance, LCE sharpen with edge mask.

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picture 033:

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Here is another:

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Dusty wrote in post #3612753
I had a go at # 026.

WOW... you did an excellent job!

Carlson wrote in post #3612618
is there any key pointers, area, common places that I should start working on to improve my photos the max while using min effort/time?

In almost all of your photos the horizons aren't horizontal. It's something easy to overlook but later requires straightening and cropping. If there's no horizon look for things that are vertical and ensure that they are in your viewfinder.