Originally posted by CreationBear Thanks for the insights, guys...I definitely get the "less is more" aesthetic (otherwise I'd be hanging out at
500 px ) but I must admit that keeping the skies in my landscape shots seems a daunting challenge (though Colton, among others, seems to get everything done in "one take.")
A lot of keeping the skies comes with the initial exposure. If they were blown out at capture, no amount of PP will bring back what's gone on a piece of film because it literally got washed down the drain with the developer and fix. Graduated filters, both on camera and in PS or LR can help with evening out an image too. Fortunately negative film is pretty forgiving!
I agree with Colton however. Invert the colors, fix the WB to kill the orange mask, adjust contrast, tone, and brightness to get the image where it "should" be and let the film do the heavy work if you want to keep the character of the film stock. Otherwise, it's just a digital image once it's in the computer, edit to your heart's content.