Selecting Areas For Sharpening

Question

Hi guys!When sharpening landscape photos, I try to sharpen the land, but not the sky. When selectng the land for sharpening, I currently use the Quick Selection Tool. However, when trying to sharpen hedges or trees etc, I find it is not very precise in selecting them. I enclose some photos. I was womdering what selection tool might be better for this? I generally select the sky, then select inverse. My apologies for the quality of the photos of part of the landscape. The only way I could show the selection line was to take photos of my laptop screen with my phone. Screenshots wouldn't show the line.

Conrad_C · Answer

If you’re using the latest version of Photoshop, try starting with the Select > Select Sky command. I tried Select Sky on the screen shot you uploaded, and it seemed to create a nicely detailed initial selection edge. But Select Sky included the mountain, so a few seconds were spent subtracting the mountain with the Quick Selection tool. Next, the image was opened into Select > Select and Mask in case any part of the selection edge needed further refinement. When you think the selection is complete, the last step (not shown) is to choose Select > Inverse so that the it becomes a land selection instead of a sky selection, and then you can sharpen the land from there.

Of course, you could also choose Select > Inverse immediately after choosing Select > Sky in case you want it to be a land selection right away, and then refine from there.

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