Workflow: My Step-by-Step Workflow - The Adobe Photoshop CC - page 715

Step 11:
Okay, that certainly helped, but now look back at the image in Step 10—the rocks and trees
to the left of the waterfall are still too bright and are drawing the eye, so we'll have to fix
that.GettheAdjustmentBrush (K) fromthetoolbar,thenclickonthe-(minussign)button
to the left of the Exposure slider to reset the other sliders to zero, and then set the amount to
-1.00. Now, take that brush and paint over those rocks on the left side of the waterfall and
over those trees and shrubs to the left of it, as well, to darken those areas (called “burning,”
as in “dodging and burning.” See page 82 ) . Once you've painted over them, you can still
change how dark or light that area is by simply dragging the Exposure slider. As long as
the edit pin for that adjustment is active (it's green with a black circle inside; as seen here),
you can change the exposure. If it's not active, just click on it to make it active.