We took a quick drive to the beach yesterday. Caught some turkeys (on my sisters bucket list for this visit) and some beach scenes. Did this in bw because the boards were not brightly colored.
I like it when typically color shots get changed up to black and white- and this one works really well thanks to the overall gray tone of the sand and the one "white" board.
@joansmor I think the sand looks fine... but you could have lightened it in LR by masking off the boards using an adjustment brush or, better, by using an adjustment layer and layer mask in PS.
@vignouse I actually did it in PS with layers and masking but needed to get to work and quit working on it. But thanks. Guess my usual being hard on myself.
Given the area of the boards relative to the area of the sand, I might be tempted to darken the boards and then lighten the whole image leaving the boards as before but the sand lighter... have fun!p
@janiskay Not necessarily Janice: providing the highlights are not burned out the relatve contrasts in the image will bear the same relationship and the modelling effect will still operate.
Given the area of the boards relative to the area of the sand, I might be tempted to darken the boards and then lighten the whole image leaving the boards as before but the sand lighter... have fun!p