With the contrast move we might have lost some detail in the shadows or highlights - in this case I masked all the whites except for the sky and some of the darkest shadows. I used the magic wand for the hilites and a soft brush for the darker parts. The wand usually produces a very hard edged mask - use the gaussian blur tool on the mask's channel to soften the edges and get rid of halos. If the result still looks funky, the mask needs some detail work with a brush.
usually I give my photos a slightly warm tone by modifying the red channel. A three dot move from 128 to 131 gives me a subtle result.
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Comments (2)
Ciao Markus,
first of all I would say you that I consider your site and photographic job probably the best I saw since now!
I spent almost one year in NY city as scientist in the American Museum and if I saw your site before I was certaninly trying to contact you and ask to meet you personally, anyway...
I know Photoshop a bit for my job but never used the "mask".
Therefore I have problems to understand what you exactly mean.
Once you masked the highlites (eg) with the wand, what do you do then?
Which tool do I need to give the Edges?!
Your answer will be very appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Valerio (from Siena, Tuscany)
Posted by Valerio | July 30, 2007 7:19 AM
Posted on July 30, 2007 07:19
Hi thanks for the great info and time..
Cheers much appreciated.
Simon
Posted by Simon P M Johnson | September 20, 2008 6:28 PM
Posted on September 20, 2008 18:28