Wagon at Ghost Ranch
Shadowfixer1 wrote: Layer masks are your friend. Bottom of first, sky from the second one. It doesn't have to be either or.
Well, I mask like crazy.
I pulled back on the (overall) reds in PS, but also back in LR I lowered the (overall) vibrance. That's the main difference. I can't decide where I want the overall tone. But I can happily undo that change:
garyrhook wrote:
KCook wrote: Oh! Didn't know this was the masking game. The terrain/foreground mask still has overblown highlights, while the sky needs more contrast.
maskshy
"Still has overblown highlights"? Sorry, Kelly, but the only blown part of the image is the sky on the left, just above the mesa.
Kelly
KCook wrote: Ok, I shoulda said "bright" instead of "blown"
In my many years in the desert I've never seen grass glow that strong.
blinky
Ah.... that turns out to be very helpful, thank you. Using soft-proofing (in LR) and some gamut analysis (in PS) I see the problem and have made adjustments. Lowering the highlights has also increased the contrast in the clouds, hopefully without perverting the colors in the sky.
[Apologies for the added images, above. They are using the ProPhoto RGB color space.
The bright part on the left appears to be a gravel drive and should be expected to be brighter. I would tone down the grass a little but it's not that bad. The image is a lot better than the originals posted. 
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