Need expert PS tutelage

Pindy

Okay, working on getting my old panos to look better. I can see from messing about with Curves that the sky has some interesting cloud detail and blue sky hidden in the exposure, particularly in the upper right corner of the stitch.

Doing a regular Curves treatment (whites/blacks and contrast) kinda blows out the sky and I want to bring back the exposure and get more colour from it, so how can I do different treatments on the sky and the docks? Anybody?

Thanks geniuses!

(this is an unprocessed Smugmug "large" size-a-roo)

BinaryFx

Pindy wrote:

Okay, working on getting my old panos to look better. I can see from messing about with Curves that the sky has some interesting cloud detail and blue sky hidden in the exposure, particularly in the upper right corner of the stitch.

Doing a regular Curves treatment (whites/blacks and contrast) kinda blows out the sky and I want to bring back the exposure and get more colour from it, so how can I do different treatments on the sky and the docks? Anybody?

Thanks geniuses!

(this is an unprocessed Smugmug "large" size-a-roo)

Pindy, to add some "drama" to a cloudy sky, try the following.

I will presume that your image editing colour space is say sRGB or Adobe RGB, for sake of argument. Dupe the image, convert it to say ProPhoto RGB or Wide Gamut RGB. View the separate RGB channels and select all and copy that channel of interest. Close down the duped file without saving. Back in the original, paste this channel data as a new layer. Set the layer to luminosity blend mode and reduce opacity to taste (or use blend if sliders or other things like curves). Also look at other layer blending modes at small opacity settings. [wide gamut RGB spaces have more individual channel contrast/detail than smaller spaces and are great sources of channel and layer blends, even into smaller spaces]

Another option is mentioned in this thread:

http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=475251&postcount=15

With the direct links here:

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx/ (frames, go to How To, Image Enhancement, Enhance Luminance Value Separation in Primary & Secondary Hues).

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx/howto_lumabw.html (direct frames free link)


Sincerely,

Stephen Marsh.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx/

Pindy

FAB—thanks Stephen.