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COLORIZING LIGHT RE-

FLECTIONS IN WATER

Colorizing reflections in water

requires attention to the entire

photograph. In addition to color-

izing the object, it should be noted

which direction the light is coming

from in the image.

Step One: In the following image,

begin by pressing Command-J (PC:

Ctrl-J) to duplicate the Background

layer. You can find the image

we’re using by clicking here.

Step Two: Click on the Create

New Adjustment Layer icon (half-

black, half-white circle) at the

bottom of the Layers panel, and

select Levels. In the Properties

panel (Window>Properties), we’ll

brighten this particular image a

bit by moving the right-hand high-

lights slider below the histogram

to 244.

Step Three: Make a selection of

the rock using the Quick Selection

tool (W).

Step Four: Create a brown

(#2b241a) Solid Color fill layer. It

will build the layer mask based on

the selection of the rock. Change

the blending mode from Normal

to Color, set the Opacity to 22%,

and name the layer “Rock.”

Step Three

Step Four

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