13 Rather than using the Contrast slider, you can extract
more detail from your image by using the Clarity slider.
Found under the Presence tab, it is a way of adding micro
contrast to the mid-tone areas of the image. Again, beware of
overdoing it. A Clarity value of about +43 brings out detail.
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A nice little trick you can try on your images is to target
certain areas of colour and alter their values. For instance,
if you want to increase the brightness of the foamy water
surrounding the foreground rocks here’s a quick and simple way
to do it.
16 Open the HSL/Color/B&W tools and click on the
Luminance button. Luminance allows you to control the
brightness of key colours in your image. Rather than selecting
a colour slider, you can actually adjust a targeted area in your
image by clicking and dragging on it.17
Click the adjustment icon in the top left of the Luminance
panel. Now you can click and drag your cursor on the
foam by the rocks; as you do so, you will be able to lighten or
darken the colours of the foam. Other colours are unaffected.
You will see the Luminance panel sliders change as you do so.18
Again, watch out for heavy-handed adjustments, if you
drag it too far in one direction, you will make the foam
dark and dirty looking. Dragging in the opposite direction will
brighten the blues and aquas of the foam and really make it
stand out beautifully.14
Now you can address the issue of colour. To make the
image more vivid, you can adjust both Vibrance and
Saturation. It’s best to try Vibrance first as you can increase
saturation in the more muted colours before applying a
stronger, more global Saturation value to the overall image.
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