Death Valley

Posted by James W. Milligan on Mon Dec 01, 2014 11:12 am

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I find these pockets of vegetation to be the classic poster child for survival. I would love to get rid of the blue cast in the mountains-any thoughts?

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by Dean Hebert on Mon Dec 01, 2014 1:17 pm

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I like the composition and the light. It seems to be a surreal presentation with the bright light on the FG and the dark ( polarized? ) sky. To get rid of the blue cast of the mountains you could try processing it as a separate layer in photoshop and then blending it back in. I don't see the colour as an issue for myself.

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by Paul Dunning on Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:11 pm

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I love the composition and the pockets of vegetation definitely convey a message of “Survival”.

To remove the blue cast in Photoshop I would use “Select > Color Range” to select the blues then create a colour balance layer (this will create a mask from the selection) and shift the blues towards yellow. Then edit the mask to remove the layers affect from any unwanted areas. But there are many ways of achieving this and Dean’s suggestion of double processing and blending is equally good.

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by John Labrenz on Mon Dec 01, 2014 7:26 pm

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Love this!
Address the magenta cast on the mtns as noted and it will be even better!

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by Wade Thorson on Tue Dec 02, 2014 4:12 pm

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I noticed many of my images from Death Valley have the same effect on the mountains. You can select a color in Lightroom using that <0> tool in the URC of the HSL box, and adjust it from there.....or convert it to Monochrome. I think this image would lend itself to a B & W conversion. I like the composition, but the sky seems over polarized, another reason it would lend it self to monochrome.

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by Keith Bozeman on Tue Dec 02, 2014 8:56 pm

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The play of shadows is wonderful in the image. I think the mountains are little too blue though.

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Dec 08, 2014 11:40 am