Selectively Apply Saturation Using Range Masks In Lightroom

I was processing this photo from Big Sur and needed to downplay greens in a specific area of the photo. The HSL panel in Lightroom works globally, so that won’t work. Another option is to use a localized gradient or radial filter in combination with a color range mask. Here is the technique in action.

Subscribe and share!


Scott Davenport

Scott Davenport is a landscape photographer and photo educator and based in San Diego, California. He leads photo workshops, writes photo books, hosts podcasts, makes tutorial videos, and feels weird referring to himself in the 3rd person.

He also can't help getting his feet wet photographing at the beach.

https://scottdavenportphoto.com
Previous
Previous

Photo Composition & The Fingertip Principle

Next
Next

Hiking Soberanes Point