Ground Guidance
I created a new Photoshop action script to add various layers of detail that I could play with to bring out just what I want. Certainly, this image isn't going to be to everyone's taste and borders on "overdone" to mine but I like the "gritty" detail.
If you're new to Photoshop, basically Google "surface blur sharpening" and you'll get the idea of what's being done here. I just take it to the next level by using multiple layers with varying radius and threshold values, picking the one's that work best and tweaking the fill levels for balance. Throw in some additional Lightroom adjustments and you get something like this.
I find it's most useful on cloudy day images where everything otherwise looks "soft".
Ground Guidance
I created a new Photoshop action script to add various layers of detail that I could play with to bring out just what I want. Certainly, this image isn't going to be to everyone's taste and borders on "overdone" to mine but I like the "gritty" detail.
If you're new to Photoshop, basically Google "surface blur sharpening" and you'll get the idea of what's being done here. I just take it to the next level by using multiple layers with varying radius and threshold values, picking the one's that work best and tweaking the fill levels for balance. Throw in some additional Lightroom adjustments and you get something like this.
I find it's most useful on cloudy day images where everything otherwise looks "soft".