[Leica] Advice for this photo

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

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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