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just going to run the darks triple play
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action and often for darks using a
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slightly larger radius than the default
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radius is helpful so instead of 10 i'm
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going to go with 20
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and ok let's see i'll start with this
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bottom blue layer that opens things up
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nicely and now let's try the bottom red
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layer that doesn't really increase the
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exposure in those trees it does increase
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clarity though let's go the next blue
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layer and open those up more and the
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next red layer and then maybe undo this
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bottom red layer that's doing a better
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job of breaking them and also increasing
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clarity want to see what happens if i
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turn on this third blue layer and then
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maybe bring the opacity of that layer
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way down so just opening it up a little
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ok let's see how that looks yeah that's
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I think what I'm going for
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so now go into layers menu and delete
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the hidden layers and I can collapse
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this dark triple play group and now i
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want to apply that adjustment even
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though it's already being targeted
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towards the darks i really want to focus
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it in just the trees and maybe on this
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hillside slightly so I'm going to add a
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mask to the group and i'm going to set
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the mask too black to conceal all of
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those triple play adjustments
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and now with the white brush I can come
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in and paint that adjustment in just
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where I want it
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and I can also dial in the right amount
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of opacity for what I want
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I like the sky and what's happening in
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the upper part of the image however the
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reflection is now lighter than the sky
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but reflections always need to be a
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little darker than the light source that
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reflecting because they don't reflect
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all the light so I'm gonna go to my top
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layer and I'm going to load the bloom
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lock channel and then use the pic button
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to pick this tone that's down here in
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the water and then i'll set the auto
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levels for that and infinite eyes it so
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i can darken the darks in the mid towns
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then I'll apply that to a levels
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adjustment layer and multiply the Darkin
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and of course that darkens those tones
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throughout the image and I really just
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wanted that focused in the water
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this is a great place to use the masking
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a mask technique so i'm going to place
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that adjustment layer in a group i'll
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remove the mass that comes with the
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group and then i'll use the lasso tool
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to draw a selection around just the part
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of the image where I want that
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adjustment to be applied and then I'll
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add a mass to the group with that
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selection and then I'll blur the mask
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and adjust the opacity
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I may also want to use a white brush had
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a very low opacity to just further paint
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in some of that adjustment to the tops