On the picture below you can get the exact idea of where you should paint with black and white.
On the following picture you can compare how the photo manipulation looks before and after this step.
Step 9 – Desaturation
In this step you’ll start building stronger atmosphere by slightly desaturating your photo manipulation.
Firstly add new adjustment layer Hue/Saturation on the top of all layers. Choose Reds and set the value Saturation on -30. Then choose Yellows and set the value Saturation on -80. This way you desaturate only red and yellow tones and e.g. sky still remains blue/cyan.
To create even more dramatic atmosphere you’ll add some dark blue tones to the shadows of the picture. Add new adjustment layer Gradient Map on the top of all layers. In the Gradient Editor in Presets menu choose gradient named Foreground to Transparent and then choose some light cyanish color as you foreground color. Press OK.
To achieve the effect mentioned above change its Blending Mode from Normal to Multiply.
The area of the ground where light from sky hits the ground should remain lighter than the rest of the image. To achieve simply grab the Brush Tool (B), select some soft round brush, set the Opacity on about 40% and pick black color. Click on the layer mask of Gradient Map adjustment layer you’ve just added and paint black over the parts which should stay lighter. On the picture below these parts are highlighted with red color.
Step 10 – More Fog
If you look at your photo manipulation now you see there isn’t much fog on the horizon even though you’ve already added some in previous steps. It’s time to add more!
Add new empty layer on the top of all layers and name it MORE FOG. Grab the Brush Tool (B), select some of the fog brushes you’ve installed recently and paint some more mist same way you did few steps ago. After you’re done your image should be similar to the one below.
Looks much better, isn’t it?
Step 11 – Adding a Man
Drag photo of a man listed in the beginning of the tutorial into Photoshop. Place it on the top of all layers and name it MAN. Press Ctrl+T on your keyboard and resize it on proper size. Cut out the background around man with whatever tool you’re comfortable working with. You can use e.g. the Lasso Tool (L), the Pen Tool (P) or the Eraser Tool.
16 responses to “How to Turn an Ordinary Landscape into a Dramatic Moonscape”
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Las imagenes para poder seguir el tutorial son muy pequeñas
The images to follow the tutorial are very small
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I honestly appreciate people like you! Take care!!
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really nice and interesting…
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Amazing. . Very nice, this information most important for me.
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Gracias… muy bueno el tutorial,resultado muy bueno.
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Sorry but original image was more effective. But I liked the technique. Its useful in many ways!
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Thank you!
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It was fun creating it!
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please i need more of your tutorial to be sent to my email please am need of it i beg you in the name of god
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Very good! The technique is applicable to many arraignments I have and will be very useful! I believe this to be an art onto itself. For some very, very, strange reason, there are people, (like my sister-in-law), who believe this is “cheating”. I reply with “Cheating what?!”
I am always left dumbfounded as to what people are thinking when they say something like that. I have asked them if they would own/hang the art if the place in question did exist and was photographed in one shutter release?
They actually say they would!! So what part of “art” don’t they understand? Lol It’s very frustrating to argue such an obvious point but trust me when I say that there are people out there that are very confused when it comes to this kind of work.
Thanks for the tip!
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sorry if I appear stupid, ..how do I download the images ,.. ? anyone ! please, thanks
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right click on and save image as
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Pekná práca Jarka. Dakujem za tento tutorial a inspiraciu.
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Kind of dull tbh
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what image size are you using?
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