Help with this great landscape look

[santoro80]

Where do I find the "Luminosity mask action" MacBurg is talking about?

[MacBurg]

As far as I now the actions now come at a cost of US$10, you can read all about them and make the purchase over at Tony's site -

http://goodlight.us/writing/luminosi...tymasks-1.html

They are a very useful thing to have in your toolbox and although there are many other ways within photoshop to make masks based on luminosity, these are fast and easily included into actions you want to create.

[santoro80]

Thats too bad... I dont have Paypal

Could somebody send it to me, please?

[onesh0t]

You can make your own masks too, it's not that hard. Apply image with a specific blending mode to a white mask on a duplicate layer, then change blending mode of the layer itself. That's pretty much the basics of it, you experiment from here.

[amica999]

Originally Posted by santoro80

Thats too bad... I dont have Paypal

Could somebody send it to me, please?

I made an action some time ago: http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/blo...ity-masks.html

Enjoy :-)

[santoro80]

Thanks. Could you tell me how does it work? I'm little bit confused by it. When i hit play on "luminosity mask" nothing happens.

[rudym]

The tutorial for luminosity masking is online:

http://goodlight.us/writing/luminosi...tymasks-1.html

[amica999]

Originally Posted by santoro80

Thanks. Could you tell me how does it work? I'm little bit confused by it. When i hit play on "luminosity mask" nothing happens.

Hm, you should have a look into your channels palette and will see a LOT has happened :-)

[Flashtones]

I admit I like alpha channels better (because I can see them for a better sense of what I'm getting, and I can apply all sorts of filters and tools to them as needed), but a good deal of luminosity masking can be applied quite simply, and with little file overhead, by using the Blend If sliders in the Layer Styles dialog.

[Instantclassic]

I'm picking up my new Nikon D300s and going landscape shooting for the day, i'll post my photos after I'd really like to try out this method, any specific tips for when I'm shooting besides the under/over exposures?

[onesh0t]

Be on location 30 minutes before sunrise. Trust me

[Instantclassic]

I plan on it, i'm heading out at 630 pm est, the sun goes down here about 730-9 roughly.

[onesh0t]

I said sunrise

[Instantclassic]

Wow didn't even catch that aha, well I work early morning tomorrow so I could get up extra early.

[onesh0t]

One thing I like about shooting at sunrise is the satisfaction of seeing the world come back to life, metaphorically speaking.
Another thing: if you're shooting close to the city, there will be less smog/dust in the athmosphere, which equated to better visibility.
And as far as I know a sunrise is cooler (temperature wise) than a sunset.

[Instantclassic]

Yeah I understand what your saying and I agree, yeah the landscapes I have chosen are pretty close to the city, just out in the country.

[retouchink]

Originally Posted by Aether

I recently found myself with a ton of landscape shots, but I am by no means a landscape photographer. I'd really appreciate any help people can give in turning them into something special.
Here are some examples of the look I'm after:

http://www.christianschmidt.com/#/La...Page_1/Image_5
http://www.christianschmidt.com/#/La...age_3/Image_27
http://www.crismanphoto.com/#/Collections/Landscapes/20
http://www.shaunquinlan.com/#/portfolio/landscape/277/
http://www.shaunquinlan.com/#/portfolio/seascape/210/

I also included another one from Eric Freeman, as well as an unedited shot of my own for people to play with.

I love the odd color and illustrated feel of the images. I've heard some advice about starting with HDR, gradient maps for color, using the AIM profile conversion, etc. But I'd love to hear more about the sort of workflow that goes into landscape shots like these.

Thanx!

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