need some pp help, suggestions

[raub]

I know this isn t a great shot, but I am trying to improve my pp skills. So this is a night pic, although the moon looks more like the sun. How would one go about reversing this after the fact? Anyway to tone it down w/o the rest of the photo?


TIA


IMG_1477_8_9_tonemapped by roo375, on Flickr

 

[Compaq]

I'll suggest you read up on and practice with layer masks. Those are ingenious and let you apply any change to any part of your image.
As of now, none of us are "allowed" to edit your shot (check your profile), so all I can do is to give you pointers. So, read up on layer masks. Basically what those are:

Imagine you have your shot on your desk in front of you. Then you put an identical image on top of that one, so that you have two identical images on top of each other. Then, you apply what changes you want for the top image, whether that be increase saturation, decrease exposure, convert to black and white. Now, here's the magic. Photoshop let's you cut holes in the top image so that the untouched image on the bottom show. Do you get it?

 

[raub]

sorry i noticed right after my posts that mine was set to do not edit, that i have fixed now. I guess i ll have to find some tutorials online to work along with online