Crtique my shot please

[windrider86]

I would like the greens to me more prominant but not quite sure how do to do that without giving the rocks a green tint. I'm currently working in Corel Paint Shop Pro. Any tips and comments are very much appreciated!

[ELAY]

There are no doubt lots of ways, but for this shot the Orton Effect might do nicely.

Basically you create a copy of your photo as a separate layer, "overexpose" that layer, blur it using Gaussian blur, and then blend down using overlay, multiply or maybe soft light, at your preferred % opacity. Lots of tutorials out there, just search on Orton Effect.

I think this would really bring the green out, and you would also get some softening which would work nicely for your subject.

EL

[wulf]

Does Paint Shop Pro allow you to work with an image split into different layers? If so, you can apply a greenish tint to a new layer and then using a "layer mask" to selectively show or hide it.

Hopefully a more experienced PSP user will be along shortly to give advice.

Wulf

[windrider86]

The whole layer thing has been quite baffling to me. I can crop a picture and paste it on as a new layer but creating a layer, adjusting it and meging them togther has been something I have yet t master.

[jiminyClickit]

windrider86,

Stay with it; this photo has much promise to be a good strong image. Patience, practice, prepare to be amazed!