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All images are copyright Gert van Duinen / Cresk Design 2008

Bigger on #141414 - My latest work in Darckr

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Exposure settings: f/4, 3 sec (3), ISO 250, 12 mm

Pre-processing: Pre-sharpened and tone-corrected different RAW files during pre-processing stage. Multiple Tonemapped versions were used to manually blend them together with different layer modes and layer masks in Photoshop.

Post-processing: Local colour contrast enhancement with the Color Balance-, Selective Color-, and Curves Adjustment Layers in post-processing stage. In fact, more then 40 layers were used to get mood I wanted.

Final touch-ups: Post-sharpening with the High Pass filter in Vivid Color layer mode. Burning & Dodging applied to some parts on the image. Different textures were used used with various Opacities and layer modes to achieve a roughness any farmer will love

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My tip: I often use Burning & Dodging on a new 50% gray filled Overlay-neutral color layer to enhance details in the lighter and darker parts of the image. If this is new to you, try it once and you will use it all the time from now on.

Hold the Alt key and click on the New Layer icon in the bottom of the Layers panel. A dialog appears for this new layer appears. Set its Mode to Overlay and click the Fill with Overlay-neutral color (50% gray) option and hit OK.

A new gray layer appears on top of your stack. Hit D first to set the foreground color to black and background color to white. Press the letter B to invoke the Brush tool and use a larger size brush - maybe about 100 for high res images - and hold the shift key and press number 1 to set its opacity on 10%. Use foreground color to darken and background color to lighten certain parts in your image. Press letter X to switch between fore- and background color. Try to paint with short strokes and try to play with the Flow as well by pressing number 0 for 100%, 5 for 50%, and so on. Good luck.

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Description
All images are copyright Gert van Duinen / Cresk Design 2008

Bigger on #141414 - My latest work in Darckr

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exposure settings: f/4, 3 sec (3), ISO 250, 12 mm

Pre-processing: Pre-sharpened and tone-corrected different RAW files during pre-processing stage. Multiple Tonemapped versions were used to manually blend them together with different layer modes and layer masks in Photoshop.

Post-processing: Local colour contrast enhancement with the Color Balance-, Selective Color-, and Curves Adjustment Layers in post-processing stage. In fact, more then 40 layers were used to get mood I wanted.

Final touch-ups: Post-sharpening with the High Pass filter in Vivid Color layer mode. Burning & Dodging applied to some parts on the image. Different textures were used used with various Opacities and layer modes to achieve a roughness any farmer will love

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

My tip: I often use Burning & Dodging on a new 50% gray filled Overlay-neutral color layer to enhance details in the lighter and darker parts of the image. If this is new to you, try it once and you will use it all the time from now on.

Hold the Alt key and click on the New Layer icon in the bottom of the Layers panel. A dialog appears for this new layer appears. Set its Mode to Overlay and click the Fill with Overlay-neutral color (50% gray) option and hit OK.

A new gray layer appears on top of your stack. Hit D first to set the foreground color to black and background color to white. Press the letter B to invoke the Brush tool and use a larger size brush - maybe about 100 for high res images - and hold the shift key and press number 1 to set its opacity on 10%. Use foreground color to darken and background color to lighten certain parts in your image. Press letter X to switch between fore- and background color. Try to paint with short strokes and try to play with the Flow as well by pressing number 0 for 100%, 5 for 50%, and so on. Good luck.

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