Wet The Wood

You can use water to get more vibrant color when shooting wood

Russ Burden

Published November 21, 2011
Updated July 27, 2016

Some photographers add a bit of Vibrance or Saturation to their photographs in Photoshop, Lightroom or other RAW converter.

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