This week I spent some time relearning and, hopefully, moving a bit forward in understanding how to use luminosity masks.
I used some photos from Hawaii. It allowed me to immerse myself in warm sunny memories during the dark cloudy days as the winter solstice approaches. It’s almost here: in two weeks the days will start to be noticeably brighter.
Here are a few before/after.
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I love the edits Kate! As for the water and the scenery, it is beautiful
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What a gorgeous spot! Before covid, our family had been planning a trip to Hawaii. It’s summer, here, and warming up nicely. Those beach scenes are thoroughly enticing.
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What glorious scenery you have in your part of the world Kate. And good for you for working on your editing. I like that your edits are subtle and not overdone-great job!
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Great job in enhancing light – the results are smoothly shining.
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Sometimes I add a luminosity mask in Photoshop and set the blend mode to multiply, you can also adjust the opacity. Nice work!
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I use the GIMP, but it’s the same. Sometimes just enhancing one layer (for me it’s often the sky that needs a boost) can make a lot of difference.
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I enjoyed looking at the differences in the pictures. I really liked the change in the sunrise pic! The others were a bit more subtle, but several really did show an improvement.
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One advantage to this technique is the ability to do subtle adjustments, both local and global.
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