Arron Stanton Training

Friday, June 26, 2009

Learning to use shadow and the Camera Raw 5.3 Tone Curve

The Lumix continues to provide me with images with which to learn to use the Camera Raw 5.3 Tone Curve, to use the basic adjustments for shadow and highlight. I especially like the effect of increasing black to make the colors richer and balancing that by increasing brightness a little.
 
Summer is in full swing. Just days after the summer solstice, it stays light past nine o'clock when the dark then suddenly falls. The light for an hour or so just before the light disappears makes for wonderful images. Summertime, the song says, when the living is easy but in the middle of the day the sunlight is relentless and cruel. I have to water the tomato, pepper and basil plants on the deck nearly everyday or they wilt in the intense abundance of sun energy.

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