JohnPh wrote in post #17588559
Thanks Annie! It was a tricky one as it was quite windy, so one shot for the flowers, one for the sky and another just to lighten the rocks up a touch and blended using masks/layers in PS. I used Nik color efex for contrast, color efex again for a smidge of detail on the flowers and rocks, Viveza for a tiny bit of structure in the sky, again brushed in using masks/layers. Then finished off in lightroom, dropped the vibrance, a hint of a vignette and sharpened using the masking feature to not sharpen the sky!
Thanks Annie! It was a tricky one as it was quite windy, so one shot for the flowers, one for the sky and another just to lighten the rocks up a touch and blended using masks/layers in PS. I used Nik color efex for contrast, color efex again for a smidge of detail on the flowers and rocks, Viveza for a tiny bit of structure in the sky, again brushed in using masks/layers. Then finished off in lightroom, dropped the vibrance, a hint of a vignette and sharpened using the masking feature to not sharpen the sky!
Thanks, John, that's really helpful. It seems like a lot of work, but definitely worth it - it's a fantastic image.
