From this discussion: “The awesome part about being a good photoshopper is I can make a terrible photo look a lot better and you can’t even tell that I ‘shopped it. The horrible part about being a good photoshopper is I can make a terrible photo look a lot better and nobody will ever know that it was originally a terrible photo. Betta recognize. #whyyesiammodestwhydoyouask”
Edited image:
Original image:
Straightened image, adjusted perspective, and recropped.
Duplicated and flipped right side of building onto left, blended.
Removed tree shadow from parking lot.
Duplicated and flipped bushes from right side of building onto left, cloned areas as necessary, blended.
Cloned out truck.
Cloned out hose.
Added a high pass layer to sharpen, radius 1.9%, set to overlay at 50% opacity.
Added a levels layer, brightening the image overall, masking out the sky so it wouldn’t wash out.
Added a saturation layer, pulling it up to +9.
