Hi Paul, Nice shot. You can isolate the musician by selecting him with the magic wand. I was able to isolate him with a few clicks with the wand set at 30 sensitivity. From there you can work on the levels, hue, saturation, curves, brightness, and contrast. When you're happy with him, go to the "Select" menu at the top of the screen and choose "Select Inverse." This will allow you to work on the background. I did some quick adustments on my Mac and a bit of a crop. If it was mine, I might blur the edges of the musician a tiny bit. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1193560&size=lg
Paul Jones wrote: > > Hi, > > I suppose you americans are still gorging yourself on Turkey :) > > I was recently shooting a band and some of the shots were quite heavily > backlit. > > Here's a shot: (straight scan with no adjustments) > http://www.nrg666.com/jimmy.jpg > > Essentialy what i want to do is adjust the levels for the background and the > foreground seperately. So i can mantain some detail in both. The problem is > i'm not sure how to easily isolate the two sections from each other? > > Or am i going about this the totally wrong way :) ? > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > Regards, > Paul Jones
