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Digital Monochrome - part 8 of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

by Paul Gallagher Published 01/02/2012

Fig 18/19 The next area of work was the shadows below the trees on the lower left of the image. Having made a lasso selection I then raised the values of the shadows using curves, giving the shadows visual detail and an inner glow.

Fig 20/21 I was still a little bothered by the depth of the shadows beneath the two foreground rocks in the water, which I felt posed a barrier to the eye exploring the image. I decided to select both of these areas and lift out the hidden detail in the depths. It is worth noting here that I used a considerably smaller 'feather' on my selection to avoid creating a 'halo' during the adjustment process.

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