Make your photos pop with Lightroom Color Range Mask!

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0:00 Intro
The original raw image was super bright (I wanted to get all the details in a single shot). To fix that I made everything a lot darker, especially the sky where I added a color range mask to give it a super strong “polarizing effect”. This shot was fully edited in Lightroom Classic.

0:33 1. Base Adjustments
I changed the profile to Adobe Landscape to get some more saturation. Then, I dropped the exposure quite a bit to make the light a little more natural. At the same time I increased the highlights and dropped the shadows to get some contrast going on. For a sharp look, I added texture and clarity.

2:06 2. Masking
For the polarizing effect, I used a color range mask and targeted the blue part of the sky. To further adjust the mask, I subtracted a linear gradient from the bottom up to get a soft gradient in the sky. Once that was done, I dropped the exposure which gives the sky a great contrast between the blue and the clouds. For a more intense blue tone I also dropped the white balance temperature in there.

I used another color range mask on the grass to bring up the exposure and add some texture and saturation. Finally, I added a linear gradient over the water to increase whites and clarity.

5:48 3. Color Grading
Since I didn’t like the green tones, I changed them in the hue panel by bringing down the green and yellow hue. To give the grass some more brightness, I added orange and yellow luminance carefully. For the last step I used split toning to add a warm color to the highlights and the mid-tones of the photo.

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