What Is The Best Way Using Graduated Density Filter In LR3 To Add Warming Effect?

Hi All,

After reading some article about warming filter, I try to use LR3's GD filter to add some warming into some of the landscape shoots. As some of the shoots do need to 'bring out' more colour.

If anyone can tell me what is the best way to pick the colour and the scale, please?
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It definitely depends on the scene.

A "warming" filter will not work on all scenes. The scene you've used as an example will probably benefit more from a "Deep Blue" gradation. In that scene, emphasising the blue sky and the green foliage should be your first adjustment. [create a blue gradation that starts at the top of the scene and gradually fades away about 3-quarter down the scene. This will deepen and richen the sky tones. The same can be done for the water if needed.]

Every image is different, I don't think you're going to find a one-size-fits all approach.

In general though: If what makes the scene "pop" is the blues of the scene, emphasise the blues through a blue filter. If what makes the scene pop is the warm tones, emphasise them with a warming filter. If what makes the scene pop is a soft skin tone, emphasise them with a tan or warming filter.

Further than that, apply with taste. Decide if you want a "cooler" feel to a scene or a "warmer" feel to a scene. Decide whether you want to "pop" the colours through saturation or emphasise the colours through opposites. There really are many many approaches. Experimentation will be your best guide!

Thanks SASman,

As the green on the side of mountain were bit dull, and I adding some warming to make it looking more 'green'.

I notice that most telephoto landscape photos have some rather blue tone there, especially in the overcast day. A proper landscape shoot can use something like warming filter (?8D - 8F) during the overcast day.

Lately I add 2nd "Blue filter" for the sky, I'm still try to get the sky in the right blue yet.

First about the color picker in the grad filter and the brush - it blends with the original to give you mixture of the two, so you have to play with it and the Saturation slider to find the right mix. If you want to completely replace a color you have to put Saturation down to -100 so you are in effect mixing the added color with grey.

Second, for something like the foliage I would use the HSL panel. Also, lately I have been using Split Toning to buck up the blue in a sky that was been weakened by a warm WB needed by the subject being in shade.

Thanks Elie,

Now I'm still adding light 'Blue' GD filter for the sky, then using Split Toning to darken the blue sky a bit.

This shoot I believe overdone with the warming, so looking bit rather dirty yellow-green:

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I personally like those greens, but you can tweak the greens individually in the HSL panel. Very, very useful panel; I use it all the time.

Looks great to me.

Thanks Eric Xu & tzalman,

I think the colour just bit un-nature. I think that is better 'under correct' that overdone.