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Subject: [Leica] Advice for this photo
From: skalte at icloud.com (Susan Ryan)
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 22:40:15 -0600
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Good idea - I rarely use PS and am not proficient. My husband is, though, so 
I can have him walk me through. Thanks,

Sue

> On Oct 2, 2013, at 10:36 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Take it to PSD and use layer mask so you can work on different part of the
> image separately?
> 
> 
>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Susan Ryan <skalte at icloud.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I have worked with this image for some hours now, and I can't get it
>> right. My usual workflow is to desaturate and optimize as best I can in 
>> LR,
>> then take it into Nik Silver EFEX Pro to see if I can improve it. Usually
>> this works decently well for me. In this photo I wanted to darken the sky
>> to separate it from the rock, which I did in LR mostly by working with the
>> blue luminence and adjusting mid tones. When I take it into Silver Efex
>> there is a halo around the mountain that I can't make better. I'm not
>> adding much clarity/structure in either program. I've tried taking it
>> straight into Silver Efex but I haven't hit mark doing that, either. Maybe
>> it's a workflow problem, or maybe I'm just too heavy handed. I like the
>> dark lower foreground and would like to keep those tones if possible.
>> 
>> Here's the version I like except for the sky:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/skalte/The+Castle-1_001.**jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/skalte/The+Castle-1_001.jpg.html>
>> 
>> Here's the other that I ended up with, but the sky and foreground are too
>> bright for my taste:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/skalte/The+Castle-1.jpg.**html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/skalte/The+Castle-1.jpg.html>
>> 
>> Advice?
>> 
>> Sue
>> 
>> 
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Replies: Reply from photobynelsch at gmail.com (Bill Nelsch) ([Leica] Advice for this photo)
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