I just returned from a week in the Swiss and Italian Alps in the middle of winter. I have never seen so much snow. On two days we caught bright sunlight and great scenery…so we have some wonderful images to edit.
I live in Hawaii…I don’t edit many snowy photos. We have snow on the summit of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa and I avoid it as much as possible. I lived in Chicago for over 20 years, I am over plan for a lifetime when it comes to snow.
So I sat down to edit my mountain shots and learned a few important things very quickly.
- Don’t sharpen snow shots that are in both sunlight and shadows. The area in the shadows will turn out green. I did not sharpen nor denoise any of my shots and they all look crisp.
- Make sure you have on your indicator that tells you if you need to turn down your highlights. You will have areas that need turned down.
- Go easy on the saturation. I used Auto Tone in Photoshop and that gave me all the color correction I needed.
All the rest was very easy. The shots looked great and the editing was simple. Good luck with yours.