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[hoodman3]

How should I approach the sky and the top of the trees? The sky could be overcast and just a "glow" or I could try to slightly add clouds or some other faint definition. The top of the trees could be in the "glow" or I could go in and try to bring out some definition.
All comments welcome.





Thanks,

Pete

[schen]

Pete,

Living in this snowy north for almost 30 years, I am imagining an even brightness for the sky and the same for the snow in the foreground.  You know when the forecast today is going to reach 90F, I already forgot how winter looked.   

About the tree top, I will suggest to leave it as is.

Shujen

[Pelican]

Hi Pete,

I agree that you don't need to worry about the top of the tree too much but here's a trick.

Make a new layer and apply a black to white gradient from top to bottom holding the shift key. Change the mode to Overlay and adjust opacity as needed (about 50%ish)

This will add definition to the sky (and some to the tree) and brighten up the snow at the same time.

[Hannie]

Curtis, what a great tip!  Works really well on this one.

Hannie

[hoodman3]

Curtis,
It worked like a charm! I added a gradient layer in overlay mode with about 10% opacity and I like it. Looks a bit stormy, but that might have been the case anyway.

Thanks,

Pete