Yes, you want to mask the bright area. It's quite simple. Not knowing all the commands and features in elements, I may be using the wrong terms and definitions, but I know you're clever enuf to figure it out.
1: Create a duplicate background layer; 2: Use the magic wand (which seems to work well in this case, . other selection techniques may be a better choice in other . situations) on the duplicate layer and set the tolerance to about 25; 3: Set the wand to non contiguous; 4: Click on an area that's representative of the washed out sky; 5: Very lightly feather the selection (1 pixel should do it); 6: Choose a blue to replace the washed out area; 7: Using a brush of appropriate size set to 100% opacity . and to darken, paint over the selected area ; 8: Using the opacity slider in the layers palette, adjust the sky . to whatever density you like (with the blue I used 35% opacity . seemed fine); 9: Deselect the selected area. Here's the pic with the adjustment: http:home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/marnie.jpg Nice pic, BTW ;-)) Shel > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yes, but that would affect the whole photo. I think in this kind of situation > I would need to mask an area, a small area, then do shadow/highlight. And > right now my skills are not such that I can mask a small area yet.
