Photoshop Alchemy

Interesting subject, dull photo and the dreaded WHITE sky, what to do? Run it through the Photoshop alchemy lab.

Original dull photo of Multnomah Falls Lodge

The first step was to adjust the briteness, contrast and color saturation, no formulas here, just tweak it until it looks good, in this case like night. Next a second layer is created which in this case is just a solid medium yellow to match inside lights at night. Return to the top layer and cut out the windows, the yellow layer will then show through. Merge the layers. The next step is to paste a moonlight night sky onto a new layer. Return to the main (top) layer and cut out the existing sky so the moon light sky will show. Merge the layers and save.

Finished night time scene from dull photo. A little smoke was added coming out of the chimney.