Apply the same methodology of sharpening to the third long exposure image, with the same mindfulness of not affecting the entire image’s color balance.
Apply sharpening with confidence, without affecting the color balance and tone of your image.
Complete the image with a final pass of color toning, utilizing separate channels to isolate specific colors in the highlights, midtones, and shadows. Tweak the highlights of the light trails, leveraging the masking work, for the final finishing polish.
Clean up a variety of spots, bumps, discolorations, and reduce unwanted highlights.
