How to Edit Moody Black Photos in Photoshop

Learn how to create gloomy landscape photos with dark blacks and rich contrast using Adobe #Photoshop for the editing

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0:00 Intro
I wanted to reduce the colors of the image to mostly blue black and white and in general give the shot a very subtle blue color cast. Additionally, my goal was to make it darker with a lot more contrast. For the editing I used Photoshop, while most was done inside the camera raw editor.

0:22 1. Basic adjustments
I switched the profile to Adobe Standard for a flatter base image. Then, I adjusted the white balance giving the shot the subtle blue color cast. I dropped the exposure, the highlights and the shadows to make the photo darker, while raising the whites for some more contrast. Then, I brought down the vibrance and the saturation.

2.24 2. Local adjustments
I started with a radial filter over the rocks and the water in the foreground. Here, I added a lot of texture and clarity to give this area structure. Fore more brightness, I added exposure and whites, while dropping the shadows to keep the contrast.

For the upper parts I used different linear gradient to make the sky and the mountains darker. Here, I just dropped the blacks and the exposure.

5:45 3. Color Grading
I went straight to the split toning and added a cold color tone to the shadows and the mid tones to further improve the blue color cast. Then, in the calibration tab, I dropped the red and blue hue, while increasing the green one for some finer color adjustments

7:40 4. Photoshop
Finally, in Photoshop I used the perspective warp tool to make the mountains in the back slightly bigger.

Видео How to Edit Moody Black Photos in Photoshop канала Christian Möhrle - The Phlog Photography