Clouds for Every Taste
(Top version edited by Warren, 7/22/2011 with Lightroom 3)
Lumix GH2 14-140mmAs Warren mentioned the light, scenery and landscape changes by the minute in the mountains. I was struck by these very whimsical clouds. Color for this one or B & W? I chose color because I do not believe it created the same drama as Warren's Clouds over the ridgeline.
Dan
posted by dan in marin at 4:21 PM
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6 Comments:
I think color for this one works better. However, I think it needs just a bit of adjustment, maybe a little warming, add a little contrast, and enhance the white a bit in the clouds.
--WT
Actually Warren, it was so hazy that day I had to really work on this to get it to this point. I pushed the image with contrast, level, and filter adjustment layers, while masking portions of the image in each layer. Have a go and see what you can come up with.
Thanx
Dan, I uploaded my version to this post. What do you think? --Warren
Way mo betta. So, what adjustment layers did you employ?
Dan
Dan, I don't use layers, and native LR doesn't have layers anyway. So the steps that I used:
- temperature: warmer
- global: clarity and vibrance
- used curves to increase contrast
- increased blue saturation in sky
- added some fill to the trees
- lens correction to reduce vignetting
- cropped image to remove rock on left
- used selective adjustment to isolate clouds, then increased exposure and brightness on the clouds
--Warren
The clouds make this feel like there is a whole other planet existing behind the mountain ridge, it reminds me of the satellite views of the earth... Very interesting!
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