Maybe bring down the sky by putting some marching ants around it with the "magic wand" tool? Actually, I really don't think there is anything there to work with, but I'd thrash around trying. Just a throw-away thought.
Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You're not going to be able to fix the sky with the highlight burn > tool. But the mountains could be improved with the midtone burn tool. > The sky is best fixed through replacement. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Paul Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Marnie - > > > > Layers are your friend(s)... ;>) > > > > I've never had much luck w/the Burn Tool. Things seem to get a > little > > muddy when using it. I played w/your pix a little and came up > w/this. > > I'll remove it from the web w/in 24 hours...sooner if you'd like. > > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/quickpage/marnie's_yosemite.jpg > > > > http://tinyurl.com/29xlct > > > > The background mountains were selected and copied to a new layer > and the > > blend mode for that layer changed to "multiply". That made the > > mountains in shadow a little too dark and the sunlit ones still too > > > light. I hit the mountains in shadow w/the erase tool at about 50% > > > opacity and re-copied just the sunlit peaks to a third layer, > applied > > the "multiply" blend mode again and flattened the image to a new > jpg. > > > > I think it defines the mountains in the background a little better. > > > > HTH > > > > -p > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 10/28/2007 8:06:58 P.M. Pacific Daylight > Time, > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Wow! That's stunning. i'm surprised you didn't show it earlier. > Burn > > > in the peaks in the top half, and it's a first class shot. Good > work. > > > Paul > > > > > > ============== > > > Thanks, Paul. I already burned them in some, not sure I can burn > them in a > > > lot more. They were pretty blown. Though I admit I haven't done > a lot of > > > layering with what I have done and I could play with it again. > > > > > > It's just a fantastic scene. Possibly one of my other reflection > shots will > > > do better, but they all require a bit of post processing. > > > > > > I've been holding them in reserve, because of the above. I may > post another > > > take later. > > > > > > It was incredibly beautiful, for sure. > > > > > > Thanks for looking. > > > > > > Marnie aka Doe :-) > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow > > the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
