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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 302702" data-attributes="member: 9240">Messing with layer blend modes, and not much else.Original photo...[ATTACH=full]87470[/ATTACH]Duplicated it in another layer and started flipping through blend modes.&nbsp; When I hit Exclusion I got this and really liked it...[ATTACH=full]87471[/ATTACH]...but it wasn't punched enough for me.&nbsp; So, I created a new layer from what I had so I could build on it, and then did the same thing again - duplicated the layer and started flipping through and when I hit Exclusion again I had this...[ATTACH=full]87472[/ATTACH]I created a new layer from that and tried messing some more but didn't like anything I got, so I flattened it, sent it back to Lightroom and tweaked some of the color levels there, mainly darkening the greens and messing a bit with some saturation levels.&nbsp; I also pushed the shadows out (+21) and cranked up the clarity (+30), a lot higher than normal.[ATTACH=full]87473[/ATTACH]Fun with Photoshop.&nbsp; Total time, about 3 minutes.&nbsp; I wasn't really expecting anything from it, and it's more of a novelty look than anything else - had it not been a cemetery I would have likely tossed it.&nbsp; I thought it was rather interesting how the paired Exclusion layers managed to leave the ground area virtually unchanged, but totally messed with the sky (i.e. the brighter areas).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 302702, member: 9240"] Messing with layer blend modes, and not much else. Original photo... [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]87470._xfImport[/ATTACH] Duplicated it in another layer and started flipping through blend modes. When I hit [I]Exclusion[/I] I got this and really liked it... [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]87471._xfImport[/ATTACH] ...but it wasn't punched enough for me. So, I created a new layer from what I had so I could build on it, and then did the same thing again - duplicated the layer and started flipping through and when I hit [I]Exclusion[/I] again I had this... [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]87472._xfImport[/ATTACH] I created a new layer from that and tried messing some more but didn't like anything I got, so I flattened it, sent it back to Lightroom and tweaked some of the color levels there, mainly darkening the greens and messing a bit with some saturation levels. I also pushed the shadows out (+21) and cranked up the clarity (+30), a lot higher than normal. [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]87473._xfImport[/ATTACH] Fun with Photoshop. Total time, about 3 minutes. I wasn't really expecting anything from it, and it's more of a novelty look than anything else - had it not been a cemetery I would have likely tossed it. I thought it was rather interesting how the paired Exclusion layers managed to leave the ground area virtually unchanged, but totally messed with the sky (i.e. the brighter areas). [/QUOTE]

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