Curves, Selected Brightness

September, horseback, mountains
Photo Information
Copyright: Alex Gostevskikh (alexgost) Silver Note Writer [C: 3 W: 0 N: 10] (47)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-09-15
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Edited by: Daniel Kohanski (Wandering_Dan) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 745 W: 101 N: 841] (3075)
Edited Image Upload Date: 2008-02-27 11:05:15
Categories: Nature
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-F828, Carl ZeissŪ Vario-SonnarŪ
Exposure: 6.3, 1/250 seconds
Workshop Note
I used Curves to lower the Red and Blue channels (and also the RGB) slightly; this is a matter of art, not science, so I can't describe it exactly. Then I selected for the sky, refined the edge so it wouldn't be obvious, and lowered Brightness and Contrast. Finally, I did a bit of High Pass sharpening on the whole: Create a duplicate layer, select Overlay Blending, then Filter->Other-High Pass and fiddle with the radius until it looks right. The problem with this technique is that while you're in the middle of it you can't really see the final outcome (you have to flatten the layers), so you may have to play with it to understand it. But I like it because it creates almost no sharpening artifacts.
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