Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/03

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Subject: [Leica] Advice for this photo
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 16:35:00 +0200
References: <a6b027d8-8a5f-4cb5-9c73-a05f379bb1c8@me.com>

Susan

I'm not an expert user of PS, but either in LR or Capture One did you tried 
the automatic layer?

Cheers
Lluis 

El 03/10/2013, a las 06:21, Susan Ryan <skalte at icloud.com> escribi?:

> 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
> 
> 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
> 
> Advice?
> 
> Sue
> 
> 
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