There is a lot of hidden potential in a well-shot landscape image. What looks like a good shot, often turns into a great shot after you tinker with the levels and colours in Photoshop. Of course editing photos is an art in itself (and a delicate one at that). It requires its own entry entirely. Sometimes changing the exposure just a bit, or enhancing the saturation results in that final finishing touch that makes an ordinary shot into an extraordinary one.
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| Press "Ctrl+L" to get the "Levels" window in Photoshop once your photo is open. Here using the sliders (circled in red) you can change the dark/light areas of your photo - affecting the contrast. |
Focus on getting your colours in the right hue and tint (the colours can be true-to-life or even slightly different, depending on your taste), check the colour of the sky and the ground.
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| Press "Ctrl+U" to get this window. The "Saturation" slider controls how prominent your colours are, while the "Hue" shifts all the colours around. Experimentation will make their functions much clearer. |
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| Under Image/Adjustments you can find all these features (including the above). Experimenting with them will open up a whole plethora of options and enhancements that can be made - not only to your landscapes but to any of your photos. |