Western Railroad Discussion > Big Boy + Photoshop

For this photographer learning how to use the many bells & whistles of Photoshop has been a constant work-in-progress. It’s been a decade-long ride. Fun, even though I’m 100% certain that I’ll never learn everything there is to know about this famous software. Case in point: Even at only 40mm I got a surprising amount of wide-angle distortion. In the last few years I’ve learned how to correct that distortion. Well, 98% of it in this image anyhow. But there are several more subtle touches I performed on this image. I won’t admit that this water puddle reflection is a bit cleaner than it was before I started. And I definitely won’t say that I managed to police the ground around the Big Boy to get rid of small but obtrusive pieces of this, that & the other... ;^)

1. UP 4-8-8-4 #4014 is being attended to at Salina, KS. This is one of its overnight stops en route back to Cheyenne.
Photo date: October 18, 2024.

Thanks for looking clean!
Lance Garrels
santafe199

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Manipulating historic littering again?
Results look great if somewhat inaccurate (literally).
Go

Gonut1 Wrote: > ... (literally) ...

Litterally?? (hee hee hee)

Gonut1 Wrote:
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> Manipulating historic littering again?
> Results look great if somewhat inaccurate
> (literally).
> Go
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>could have been worse, could have put the chalked "big boy" back on...........on the coupler cover.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/11/24 08:07 by Mike6640-2.

Nixe stuff Lance, thank you!  B

Thanks, guys! I'll always try to make the Big Boy look as good as I can. But I won't participate in unnecessary bling...

Lance

Ha Ha litter removal!  I see using photoshop to remove litter no different than walking over picking up and then taking the shot, something Ive done for years.  Zero issues on that mod!  And the new wire removal tool works far better than I ever would have dreamed off, not saying I use it though!