I love this look and would love to know how to achieve it

[shanecusack]

Hi Damien I've being following this photographers work and i have never been able to emulate his editing style, this is an example of his work and a similar photo of mine. Thanks in advance.

http://www.aonimages.com/p376732090/h8138bf91#h30973587

[Damien Symonds]

Unfortunately your photo is missing the really charismatic clouds that make the other photo so good, but how is this?

[Damien Symonds]

@shanecusack?  Any thoughts?

[shanecusack]

I love what you've done with it, I agree the clouds aren't the same but that's pretty much the moody look I was looking for. It goes well with our rugged Irish landscapes and inclement weather. Do you offer a class where I could possibly learn this?

[Damien Symonds]

No, no, not at all.  I'll upload the PSD so you can see what I did.  Stand by ...

[Damien Symonds]

Download my PSD

First, I duplicated the Background layer twice, and ran High Pass filter on both of them - first broad, and second narrow.  This brings out the detail a bit.  It also creates halos, but since those were in the example photo you linked too, I figured it was ok - part of the style.

Then a Levels layer for an aggressive vignette.

And finally another Levels layer for the hazy look.  Make sure you look at all of the channels in this layer.

[shanecusack]

Wow! That's so kind of you to share that with me, thanks so much.

[Damien Symonds]

No trouble!  I enjoy this kind of question.  If you try it on other photos, can you show us?

Needless to say, if you fiddle with the sliders on the top layer, you'll get different colour effects.  The possibilities are endless.

[shanecusack]

I,ll certainly try it out, ive taken quite a few photos lately that I think would work well in this style. I'll post the results when I'm finished. Thanks again for your help Damien.