Posted by Doug Koepsel on August 20, 2010 at 1:38 AM
This was about the most color exhibited in the evening/morning skies during the cloudy week in the San Juans a month ago, so a subdued tone resulted in this image. It will be nice to revisit again next July.
Blend of 2 images using PSE7. I was concerned with the halo/shadow lines created along the horizon as seen in my first blend post. With this attempt, a small hard edge brush was carefully used along the horizon trying to get no brush overlapping sky and mountain. The light sky seen along the left horizon tah looks like halo was evident as a light cloudless area in the original single photo exposed for the sky.
Doug...great image and I love the sky/clouds. The brighter version is nice, but in my opinion needs a bit more contrast. You can try messing around with levels a bit to get it tuned it, but you have a great image here.
Posted by Kurt Bowman on August 20, 2010 at 3:14 PM
I like the mood on this Doug. I also like the re-work better personally
The rework is better, and I agree with Koveh on a touch more contrast. Excellent comp and a very cool sky!
Posted by Doug Koepsel on August 20, 2010 at 10:42 PM
I agree about the contrast. Also touched on the halo when I reworked it. Thank you for the input.
Posted by Stan Rose on August 21, 2010 at 11:37 AM
When you bump up the contrast, you also bump up the saturation--not good. Not sure you can do it in PSE, but you need to be using a layer in luminosity mode for contrast adjustments.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on August 21, 2010 at 1:03 PM
Stan, PSE7 does have new adjustment layers listed for levels, brightness/contrast, and hue/saturation in luminosity mode. But not a layer for highlight/shadow/midrange contrast adjustment.
Posted by John Mumaw on August 21, 2010 at 1:32 PM
You can create a duplicate layer and do your h/s/m adjustments there, allowing you to choose a luminosity blend mode after you've finished.
Here's another tip:
If you want to clone out the small bright areas along the middle of the ridge, then select the sky first. This will allow you to clone with abandon and not worry about doing a precise job because the clone tool will only work in the selected area, leaving the peaks untouched.
Regardless, I think you did a fine job here! I especially like the 3rd version and agree that lowering the saturation just a tad will make it just right.
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9 repliesBlend of 2 images using PSE7. I was concerned with the halo/shadow lines created along the horizon as seen in my first blend post. With this attempt, a small hard edge brush was carefully used along the horizon trying to get no brush overlapping sky and mountain. The light sky seen along the left horizon tah looks like halo was evident as a light cloudless area in the original single photo exposed for the sky.
All you guy's San Juans images are really making me want to check them out. They seem so green.
Here's another tip:
If you want to clone out the small bright areas along the middle of the ridge, then select the sky first. This will allow you to clone with abandon and not worry about doing a precise job because the clone tool will only work in the selected area, leaving the peaks untouched.
Regardless, I think you did a fine job here! I especially like the 3rd version and agree that lowering the saturation just a tad will make it just right.