Purple haze.

[dewmuw]

Ok - so I took this last week and wanted to show off the sky. I selected the sky and did a bit of post processing to highlight the moodiness.

However, I ended up with a 'fringe' around the tail. How do I eliminate this?

http://www.pbase.com/dewmuw/image/35090925.jpg

[J___]

burn tool in photoshop?

what is that caused by? the lense? do u use the new DO?

[Radtech1]

What postprocessing did you do?

[dewmuw]

I selected the sky and then adjusted curves.

I don't know what causes the haze - I assumed it was as a result of the processing.

[J___]

that would de it. u probably left some bit of the sky around the tail when u adjusted curves unselected

[PacAce]

I selected the sky and then adjusted curves.

I don't know what causes the haze - I assumed it was as a result of the processing.

Next time you make a selection, pay close attention to the value in the Feather box. You probably have it set to a relatively high number. What I would do in this case is use a feather of 0 or 1 since the lines on the plane are hard and hence doesn't really need any feathering. But you have to be exact in your selection.

[vfilby]

This probably doesn't apply but it is similar.

I often get halos when using blur creatively. What I do to avoid them is to select the background and copy it into a new layer. Then do a super quick job with the clone tool to fill in the blank area that was left by the subject. Now I can blur the background and I don't get the subject colour (or grey when I cut the subject and leave that area blank). Then I put the subject back in, maybe feathered slightly and there are no halos.

Speaking of Halo, Nov 9th is fast approaching.

Cheers,