Are your seascapes often flat and lifeless? In this tutorial we show you how to use selective adjustments and Clarity in Adobe Lightroom to add punch and contrast to your images.
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01 Tweak the colour
Before adjusting individual areas of the image, you can make some basic adjustments to the whole image. The main adjustments are to the Vibrance and Saturation.
By setting the Vibrance to around -60 and the Saturation to around +60, you boost the blues and greens to enhance the cool look of a winter landscape.
02 Enhance the land
To bring back some detail in the headland, select the Adjustment Brush and carefully paint over this area. If you paint over the sky or sea you can use the Erase option to correct this.
Now drag the Exposure to around +3, the Shadows to +64 and the Contrast to 75. To add some extra punch, increase both the Clarity and Saturation to around +30.
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03 Adjust the sky
Select a new Adjustment Brush and paint over the entire sky, this time taking care to avoid painting the headland. Add more contrast to the sky by setting Clarity to 75 and Contrast to 95.
To remove some of the unwanted blue colouring set Saturation to -50. Finally, set Highlights to -76 to retain detail in the brightest areas of the sky.
Improve the sea
The final area to adjust is the sea. Pick the Graduated Filter tool and simply click and drag the filter from the bottom of the image upwards until
the centre line is aligned with the horizon in the image.
Then increase the Temp slider to 17, and add extra punch by setting the Contrast to 20, Highlights to 12, Shadows to -39 and Clarity to 71.
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