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timmyquest
21st of July 2004 (Wed), 10:13
I got thinking about what ND filters and then it hit me...now forgive me if this is common practice

I found a good test shot, here it is straight out of the camera

http://www.antiwall.com/july2004/before.jpg

I then played with the levels and added some USM.

But then to fix the sky i did this:

Teardrop to bluest part of sky
Creat new layer
Select gradiant paint tool
Selected second gradiant option (so that rather then fading to white it fades to backround)
I then painted this blue from the middle top to just below the tree line
The last step was to adjust the opacity.

I'm pleased with how it turned out
http://www.antiwall.com/july2004/after.jpg

Conk
21st of July 2004 (Wed), 11:54
Turned out well. :)