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<blockquote data-quote="Blacktop" data-source="post: 369054" data-attributes="member: 22693">From the Blue Ridge Parkway, where it starts (or ends, depending on where you started from) in Cherokee NC.[ATTACH=full]119337[/ATTACH]It would be great to have a post processing section , to make this already great forum an even better one for learning.Sometimes I stumble on something or some process that is simple but makes a big difference and would want to share it.For example, I took this image from LR into Color efex pro (part of the Nik Collection).It looked a bit overwhelming with all those leaves.&nbsp; The tree in the center just wouldn't pop. I know there are different ways to achieve this in LR or PS, but I was already in NIK and didn't feel like going back and forth.A simple solution I stumbled upon was that I added the Graduated Fog. I used low intensity, and placed the fog on the right side of my image to fade out some of those colors to isolate the tree some more.I played with the &quot;blend&quot; slider so the effect blended in nicely. Kind of like using &quot;feather&quot; in LR or PS.I also added a very mild setting in the &quot;glamour glow&quot; filter, and added the Graduated Neutral Density filter to lighten up the upper layer some. The sky was a bit too dark .&nbsp; After that I saved it back to LR for some minor contrast and exposure adjustments.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blacktop, post: 369054, member: 22693"] From the Blue Ridge Parkway, where it starts (or ends, depending on where you started from) in Cherokee NC. [ATTACH type="full"]119337._xfImport[/ATTACH] It would be great to have a post processing section , to make this already great forum an even better one for learning. Sometimes I stumble on something or some process that is simple but makes a big difference and would want to share it. For example, I took this image from LR into Color efex pro (part of the Nik Collection). It looked a bit overwhelming with all those leaves. The tree in the center just wouldn't pop. I know there are different ways to achieve this in LR or PS, but I was already in NIK and didn't feel like going back and forth. A simple solution I stumbled upon was that I added the Graduated Fog. I used low intensity, and placed the fog on the right side of my image to fade out some of those colors to isolate the tree some more. I played with the "blend" slider so the effect blended in nicely. Kind of like using "feather" in LR or PS. I also added a very mild setting in the "glamour glow" filter, and added the Graduated Neutral Density filter to lighten up the upper layer some. The sky was a bit too dark . After that I saved it back to LR for some minor contrast and exposure adjustments. [/QUOTE]

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