That horizon got a lot of attention even in MY version... The waterline,
skyline, reed line and reflections all seem contradictory. Thanks for
trying!
Tom
2008/8/13 Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> > I did except for the first. The background and the foreground grasses
> have been improved but the foreground shrub has so much contrast that it's
> approaching black.
> >
> Mostly, I just HAD to level the horizon. :-)
>
> You caught me on the horns of a dilemma. Working with a full size,
> unprocessed RAW image, I would have been able to isolate the foliage
> from the water fairly easily. Then I could adjust the water/reflections
> separately. At the web size, Select Color wasn't working adequately,
> mostly, I think due to the sharpening halos around the foliage bits and
> pieces. So I'd have had to work through at the pixel level.
>
> Nothing wrong with the sharpening. It looks right to me at 100%.
> However, it makes some kinds of further processing very difficult. You
> can see the halos easily enough at 300%.
>
> I decided instead to just let the foliage in front of the water go dark,
> and bring the rest of that clump down to match.
>
> Moose
>
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