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Subject: [OM] Re: Maine Clouds - 2
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:21:01 -0700
Jez Cunningham wrote:
> Helluvan improvement Moose - more than just LCE I think (been there, done
> that) - I guess you had to select the sky and work on it separately?
>   
Glad you like it. It responded particularly well. do you

The big part of the improvement was the Shadow/Highlight function in 
CS2, highlight adjustment only. Then a little LCE to remove the veil.

I did then lighten it with Levels/Curves, separate the clouds and apply 
Levels/Curves more just to them, just to maintain something like the 
tonal balance of the original, assuming that's more or less what the 
subject looked like in person.

I rather like it without that step, but it's a different image, a bit 
darker overall and the clouds are darker relative to the land/water. And 
I was trying to maintain your overall tonal balance, with the clouds 
still light, but with more internal detail.

I've added a version with Highlight and LCE alone, which is much more 
dramatic. It's darker overall, as I had to lower Brightness and decrease 
Contrast before applying LCE to avoid clipping highlights in that step. 
I often have to do that when bringing out internal detail in highlights, 
then adjust tonal distribution if the image should be lighter overall.

http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/JezC/Clouds.htm

Jez Cunningham wrote:
> Hooray, we soon won't need PS.
> Downside, we won't need Moose either :-)
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6936444.stm
Sure about that? ;-)

Moose

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