Lehua in red, everything else in black and white

How it was made

1. 1

   Framed to 4:5

   Trimmed the bottom for a 4:5 portrait with the big bloom in the upper right.

   1 tool call

   1. Cropped the photo· to 3024 x 3780

      crop · height 3780 · left 0 · top 0 · width 3024
2. 2

   Kept only the reds

   Desaturated every hue except red, then boosted red. The lehua are the only saturated red in the frame, so no mask was needed.

   6 tool calls

   1. Adjusted the color and light· Mono yellows

      add_adjustment · range yellow · saturation -100 · type hue_saturation

   2. Adjusted the color and light· Mono greens

      add_adjustment · range green · saturation -100 · type hue_saturation

   3. Adjusted the color and light· Mono cyans

      add_adjustment · range cyan · saturation -100 · type hue_saturation

   4. Adjusted the color and light· Mono blues

      add_adjustment · range blue · saturation -100 · type hue_saturation

   5. Adjusted the color and light· Mono magentas

      add_adjustment · range magenta · saturation -100 · type hue_saturation

   6. Adjusted the color and light· Lehua red

      add_adjustment · range red · saturation 30 · type hue_saturation
3. 3

   Added punch

   A contrast curve so the bark texture and silvery leaves read crisp in monochrome.

   1 tool call

   1. Adjusted the color and light· Mono punch

      add_adjustment · points 5 points · type curves
4. 4

   Darkened the sky like a film filter

   Shifting blue lightness posterized the grey lava, so the sky was darkened through an AI sky mask instead.

   2 tool calls

   1. Selected “sky” with AI· 19.0% of the photo

      select_with_ai · target sky

   2. Adjusted the color and light· Filter-dark sky

      add_adjustment · mask Sky · points 5 points · type curves

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