Lakeland Variation 2

banehawi (Critique Team)

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10 Feb 2009 - 2:36 AM

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Theres a technique for doing this whereby you use a Threshold adjustment first to identify where the white and black areas start.

What this actually does is set the reference for black and white to be neutral (no colour bias) and will remove colour cast.

Open Threshold, - you will see a b&w image; slide the slider to the left, - it becomes all white, slide to slowly to the right, and the black area starts to show; using the colour sampler tool - set to 3X3 average, click the centre of the small balck area; it will leave a target with the number 1 in it; then slide the slider all the way to the roght, - the image becomes all black, - slide slowly left until white areas appear, - use the colour sample to click the white area, where it will leave a target with the number 2 in it. Close the Threshold dialogue, and turn off the layer. Youre now left with your original image with the numbered targets on the image. Open curves; select the black dropper, and click it on the #1 target to set black; then pick up the white dropper and click on the #2 target. Curves should now be set so black = black and white = white. You can set the value of the black dropper to default to 14,14,14, and the white dropper to default to 246, 246, 246 prior to using curves, by double clicking the droppers, - and saving the new defaults. This will give you better results than the defaults Photoshop comes with. If this is confusing, it wont be when you get through it once. Theres also some tips/techniques easily available with a google search.

Heres one of many links:

http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/threshold/threshold.htm


For the glow on the hill I applied a warming filter at approx 40%.

Hope this helps,

Regards


Willie

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