Idea to Image in Photoshop CS2: Rick Sammons Guide to Enhancing Your Digital Photographs

Here's an example of how you can turn a cloudy day into a sunny day, for an image with more impact.

I took this picture of several dancers at a festival in Bhutan (Figure 2.14). Due to the overcast sky, the picture is flat. But let's see what happens with a little Photoshop magic.

I first went to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation and boosted the Saturation to +30 (Figure 2.15).

Next, I chose Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast and boosted the Contrast to +10 (Figure 2.16).

Now the picture looks as though it were taken on a sunny day (Figure 2.17). That was easy!