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Perfect Sunlight Accents With Lightroom And Intersecting Masks

I talk about Lightroom masks and the intersect feature a lot - and that’s because it’s such a powerful pairing. Use a radial mask with an intersecting luminosity mask to create perfect sunlight accents for your landscapes. It is easier than you think!

The technique is:

  1. Add a radial mask over the area you want to accent

  2. Intersect the radial with a luminance range mask

  3. Refine the luminance range mask to affect only the tones (usually the upper midtones)

  4. Adjust the sliders to add warmth and brightness. Generally, a nudge to Tint toward yellow and a slight increase in Exposure is enough.

And if you have other areas in your landscape that need a sunlight kiss, add another radial. Then, in the Masks window in Lightroom, drag that radial below the luminance range intersection.

Bryce Point At Sunrise, Feb 2023
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