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Germany

Title: *Tonemapped Cologne III*Canon EOS 40D

*Tonemapped Cologne III* (6)
thor68

(4534)

partial tone mapping

Silke

(23558) [2008-09-14 04:42:43] [1]

Hi Thor
I hope you don't mind!
I did a VERY quick workshop to show you what I mean.
In this I have simply replaced the tone mapped sky with the original sky.
To make it more dramatic, you could adjust the sky be reducing the highlighting in Highlights/shadows.
TFS
silke

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United States

Title: "A Thank You to All"Canon EOS 30D

"A Thank You to All" (46)
shelbeesmom

(47351)

Sunset on the night before Ike

Silke

(23558) [2008-09-13 06:00:00] [2]

Taken by Linda on the night before the storm hit.
There will be more to follow in days to come

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Netherlands

roses are red.... (22)
Ejtaan

(11094)

Luminance

Silke

(23558) [2008-09-08 14:00:58] [3]

What I did to brighten this a little for myself, was to open it in Photoshop CS2, and then in Image > Adjustments > Match Colour > Luminance, I added luminance three times, 200% the first two times and 150% the last time. I hope you like the result
TFs
silke

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Australia

Sand Runner (8)
MLINES

(8440)

Highlight/Shadow

Silke

(23558) [2008-09-07 09:03:12] [3]

Hi Murray
Shooting against the sun is always such a tricky business. I overcome the strong backlight here, I simply used the Highlight/Shadow tool in Image < Adjustments and decreased the shadows by 50% and the highlight by 14%
I hope you like the result?
TFS
Silke

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New Zealand

Title: Spring is in the AirPanasonic Lumix DMC TZ3

Spring is in the Air (32)
Janice

(32868)

Highlight/Shadow only

Silke

(23558) [2008-09-07 08:49:21] [5]

Hi Janice
All I did was to use the Highlight/Shadow tool in Image < Adjustments in Photoshop CS2. I increased the light in the shadows by 50% - the result is subtle, but I hope you think it's worthwhile
TFs
silke

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Germany

Yellow-Mellow (32)
Emma

(10149)

Hue & Saturation, Luminance

Silke

(23558) [2008-09-05 14:46:35] [5]

I really love the composition of this one, but felt that it would be overlooked because it needed a little more brightness and a little more contrast.
For the contrast, I selected the background and used Colour Saturation, sliding the hue slider 50% to the right to create a blue that was on the opposite side of the colour wheel to the yellow - this creates the contrast you need. Then I selected "Match Colour" in Image Adjustments and slid the slider for Luminance all the way to the right -- adding 200% luminance. I hope you like the result.

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United States

Frozen Lake (18)
RSK

(6928)

1) dodge 2) selective contrast

Silke

(23558) [2008-09-05 10:12:19]

Hi Ron
Thanks for the reminder :)
Please not that my changes would work much better on the original image, but this might give you the general idea.

In Photoshop CS2, I selected the dodge tool, set it at 0% hardness (i.e. as soft as possible) and set the size as wide as the narrower portion of the band of trees. Then I set it to dodge midtones only, since the highlights are fine and
the shadow setting is usually very heavy-handed. I brushed across the whole band once, and then did some areas a second time, fading the effect by 50% each time.
I hope you like the result for e res.
While I had the image open, I also selected the sky and clouds using the "magic wand" and holding down the shift key to add more bits. then I increased the contrast for that portion by about 30% to give the sky a little more punch

I hope this gives you a few more ideas and tools :)

TFS
Silke

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Canada