Comments on: Lemonade from Lemons: Photoshop Help for Low Light Photos

By: Egan

Egan — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:01:50 +0000

Hi there. Im very thankful for your tips.

Im a intermediate photographer in High School right now and Im glad i found this site to learn some very helpful tips

Thanks, Eggn

By: L

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:56:02 +0000

Aparna- of course! Thanks!

Gilly - thanks!

By: gilly

gilly — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:16:01 +0000

I agree with everyone above - excellently written tutorial. I love the mantra of taking sub-par photos to the extreme - generally taking the adjustments to the absolute limit.

That’s what I love about photoshop - the vast range of possibilities and combinations…

Thanks again!

By: Aparna

Aparna — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:56:07 +0000

Hey you are included in my Blogroll..is tht ok with ya?

By: Aparna

Aparna — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:25:30 +0000

This site just what i want… i vaguely gone through it.. i am gonna be a regular reader… you can check out http://www.nandyala.mahanandi.com for awsome food photography!!

Thanks a ton for all inputs about photography!

By: L

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:16:29 +0000

Hi Jack! Yes, Photoshop is immense. I’m always finding new tricks.

Christine! You are more than welcome!

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 15:08:17 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you. A million times, thanks.

By: DrinkJack

DrinkJack — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:19:26 +0000

Well written tutorial on Photoshop. That app has boundless possibilities along with the ability to confuse even the best astro-physist. Once again, you have lit the pilot light on my photo love.

By: L

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:17:11 +0000

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the tip. I did try that, but it left weird green and purple halos when I removed the blues and cyans… and even with setting them all the way down to 0 sat, there was still a hint of blue. I’m sure that I could have manually sponged out the blue to make that better… but that takes a ton of time and dexterity.

That said, I’m sure that will work very well on other photos!

-L

By: paul

paul — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:03:47 +0000

If you wanted to, removing the blue shadow would be easy - using Hue/Saturation. By reducing the saturation of just the blue (and you can adjust the range affected in the range bar).

Since there isn’t any blue in the food in this shot, you can reduce the saturation to whatever degree you like and it won’t affect the color in the rest of the photo.

You could even use do this on an adjustment layer and use your layer blending trick for more effects. (I’ll have to try that trick myself.)