bunny99123
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Never thought you for explaining it to me, and never even thought about using the dodge tool.
What is tonal cluttered? 1) I don't know how to straighten the horizion, since is taken on the top of a mountain. I may have taken the photo in an maybe another angle. #2, You are correct. It is too balanced to the right. 3, is over exposed, that is what I am talking about. I can't seem to get it just right. If I lighten the photo, then other areas are too dark. 4) is too cluttered, but I loved the building. How would you have shot this photo to make it appear less cluttered? A house was in front of it, so should I have taken it from another angle?
Designer, I want a balanced black and white photo. I am going to continue to practice.
Thanks
Tonally cluttered means you have a lot of the same gray scale values that are in overlapping parts of the image, which makes it hard to differentiate the different parts of the photo. The leaves and fence blend in with the barn because of how close all the tones are.
You can straighten an image in post processing. Use the back horizon as your guide.
Use selective dodge and burn to lighten or darken specific parts of a photo.