Winter Landscape

[Anita Bower]

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in winter. Processed using Topaz Adjust >HDR Pop and Viveza 2. Small crop.

[Paul Lagasi]

I really like the foreground, the curve of the fields, the barn, the tree line.....I might just cut back on the blue a bit in the sky...but Anita thats just me.....Lovely as presented..you have to love Topaz Effects.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Anita, love the pano crop and the treatment. I think I might be tempted to tone down the blues a little also, but otherwise a lovely image.

[denise ippolito]

Anita, I agree w/ toning down the sky a bit. It may also help make the slight halo around the tree line disappear since it's so faint. I love the line up of trees. Good eye to capture this peaceful winter scene.

[Anita Bower]

Thank you for suggestions! It is so helpful to see my images through the eyes of others. Did I tone down the sky enough? Or, do I need to do more?

[denise ippolito]

Anita, It looks the same to me. Let's see what others see.

[John Ippolito]

Lovely composition and choice of pano crop, Anita. Repost looks the same to me also.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Anita,
Does look the same to me also......so I would go more agressive. Perhpas cyan may be the culprit too?
I do like the comp though so worth making the extra effort!

[Anita Bower]

I need some help here. I want to tone down the blues, but am not succeeding. I'd like suggestions on what tool to use: Levels? Saturation? Color balance? Selective color? I've tried them all, and I can change the color of the blue, but the halo around the trees does not disappear. What do you all suggest?

[Paul Lagasi]

Procedure:

CS5 > Select Menu > Color Range (box ppears) > Select the color of blue sky using dropper (move your mouse over the image the dropper will appear) > moved the slider to the right until most of the blue can be seen in b&w image in box (selected color will be white) > ok (you'll see selected color is masked)

Image Menus > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation > open the menu where it says master > select blue > use the saturation slider to adjust to suit (lighter left/darker right).

I try not to adjust too much all in one try, lighten it a bit, click ok, then do the whole procedure again. You'll see what I mean...

I may have gone overboard on your image........but I wanted the ground to stand out.

[Anita Bower]

Procedure:

CS5 > Select Menu > Color Range (box ppears) > Select the color of blue sky using dropper (move your mouse over the image the dropper will appear) > moved the slider to the right until most of the blue can be seen in b&w image in box (selected color will be white) > ok (you'll see selected color is masked)

Image Menus > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation > open the menu where it says master > select blue > use the saturation slider to adjust to suit (lighter left/darker right).

I try not to adjust too much all in one try, lighten it a bit, click ok, then do the whole procedure again. You'll see what I mean...

I may have gone overboard on your image........but I wanted the ground to stand out.

Paul: Thank you for your description of what you did. I will try it out when I get back from trip to Maine. Leaving tomorrow. Back Saturday.

[Kerry Perkins]

Anita, this is a very nice composition and I love the interesting details. This reminds me so much of southern Indiana in the winter... There are many ways to get results in Photoshop. Here is a different method. I used Hue/Saturation and just lowered the blue saturation and lightness a bit. Nice image and thanks for letting us try different methods on your work.

[Anita Bower]

Anita, this is a very nice composition and I love the interesting details. This reminds me so much of southern Indiana in the winter... There are many ways to get results in Photoshop. Here is a different method. I used Hue/Saturation and just lowered the blue saturation and lightness a bit. Nice image and thanks for letting us try different methods on your work.

Thanks so much, Kerry! I like the results.