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Step 10:
Take a look back at the image above in Step Nine, and in particular look at the area at the
top of waterfall. That whole area across the top just looks too bright for the rest of the im-
age, and because it's bright, our eyes are drawn up there, when we probably want them on
the bottom of the waterfall and the rocks in the foreground. We can't lower the Exposure
any more, or the whole photo will be underexposed, so we're going to add a neutral density
gradient filter effect in Camera Raw (out on location, I'd do this by putting a glass filter in
front of my lens that graduates from a dark gray down to transparent. That way, it darkens
the top of the image, but leaves the foreground alone). Click on the Graduated Filter tool
(G) in the toolbar up top. When the panel appears, click twice on the - (minus sign) button
to the left of the Exposure slider to lower the amount and reset all the other sliders to zero,
then press-and-hold the Shift key, and click-and-drag from the top of the image to around
the bottom third of the waterfall. It darkens the top of the image, then fades away. For more
on how to use the Gradient Filter tool, see page 91 .
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