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 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 (1)
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