tass times in tone town

i recall some years back a photoblog entry that my bro wrote entitled "on tonal range." i never really read it, not that i would understand it anyway since his english skill is about a bazillion points higher than mine... but curiosity got the best of me as i was futzing around in photoshop, and figured out how to get the most out of my photos.

i am, by no means, a photographer, and will never claim to be. but i am particular about how things look, and so i make somewhat of an effort to fix something if something can be fixed. its a shame that among the millions and millions of digital cameras that are out there, only a very few percentage of them actually get the most out of the photos they snap. forget composition, and forget even content. but just a minor effort in changing contrast, tonal range, or saturation to give more depth to a photo.



take the image above for example. it was taken with a simple point and shoot, but the original image looks dry and washed out. a simple change using the 'curves' tool in photoshop makes the photo look richer and, well... better. just becareful not to wash out details at the extremes... in this case, the details of the clouds are lost because the range on the lighter tones were cut short. hey, i'm still learning too!