I had to apply numerous adjustment levels to bring around the best second shot, levels, curves, more levels and curves with areas masked out. Lots of masking in the shadow areas so I could push any lighter areas.
Archive of posts tagged masking
Masking Adjustment Layers and When (not) to Sharpen — Mantis Shrimp Photo
Many times, if I’m getting my exposures right, and there is adequate lighting, i.e., I’m not too deep and the visibility is not too poor, the resulting photos will clean up nicely with a simple levels adjustment and maybe an added contrast curve. Then there are the other times when maybe the lighting was not [...]
Mantis Shrimp Photos, Catalina Island 3-03
I’ve seen some insanely laughable things on the web by so-called photoshop authorities where they actually sharpen the edges of the subject of a photo to make it “pop.” This is so Bass Ackwards it makes me cringe. Sharpening a digital photo is already a no-no, but sharpening the edges of a subject?
to the home of my underwater scuba photo galleries. Check out my photos and movies and see how and why I use software like Photoshop, Final Cut and Aftereffects to color correct my images and video clips.
