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JimFox wrote:
David usually has some good suggestions, but in this case I would have to disagree. I like what you came up with here. Although we are now used to being able to get shadow detail with the great DR of blending or in camera that doesn't mean we always should. What often makes a great B&W work is the contrast between light and dark, and that same contrast can be effective in color shots too. Plus the darker hills really helps to convey the feeling of it being a night shot.
If this was mine, I would not change a thing, I think you really nailed a sweet shot. The clouds that are offering a window to the Milky Way is a really aspect to this shot.
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Jim certainly has a keen eye and always provides encouraging critiques where needed. I haven't found a time when I didn't, usually tacitly, agree with him in the end. He has taught me a great deal.
Regarding your 'blend' question. Well that's the trick isn't it.
If you have a single shot in PS, select the land portion, refine selection, then choose to make a another layer with mask. Now you can edit your sky separately from the foreground. If your initial selection didn't catch everything perfectly, you can always edit your mask a bit. This type of blend is not too hard since you are treating it like two separate portions (land and sky). Not affecting the clouds requires a little more work and skill (I'm not claiming I have it). Often a luminance/image mask works well to protect things after editing the mask with curves, selecting a color range, or try making two images combining them with blend-if. There seems to be more than one way to do most things in PS, but some are easier than others depending on the image and goals.
David
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