Fixing, changing muddy water

[dennis osipiak]

A few weeks ago the Northeast had some exceptional torrents of rain.

I was fortunate to squeeze in 30 minutes of shooting with no rain in

a beautiful setting with willow trees, gazeebos etc. In 95% of the

shots I made sure to leave this muddy water out of the photo, but

for a couple of shots I let it show with the thought I might be able

to work with it in photoshop. Any step by step suggestions and/or

sample reworks with steps would be appreciated. I know I could

select the water and or mask it..replace it with water from a

different image..but any other suggestions are welcome.

Dennis<div></div>

[ky4tki]

You can use Magic Wand tool with a tollerance 18-22 to select all of the water, and then play with Image>Adjust>Color Balance to get the color you want. See my example, good luck.

[ky4tki]

In addition, while the water is selected try to adjust brightnes and contrast to your liking:

[minicucci]

Dennis: I'd start with a mask for the water and use a selective color adjustment layer to

adjust the hues. In this case, your reds and yellows need to go to cyan and blue/green. I'd

also add a curve to bump contrast and a H/S layer to fine tune. Very nice composition, BTW.<div></div>

[edhebert]

One other option you might consider...extracting the couple to a new layer (filter/extract), and then cloning out the water altogether in the layer behind the extraction.<div></div>

[bill_tuthill]

Patricia, nice Photoshop work, I like your version best. Did you use

Quick Mask or Layer Mask or some other kind of mask? Do you find it

more accurate (for this purpose) than the magic wand? I have not

used masks and am hoping to learn.