Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:46 pm
I like Lab mode more. It's like not having the same measure of control in RGB. I did Burn the foreground in CS3 in Lab and in RGB I pulled the curve end down to soften the glare.
Making the light spot on the log darker is a good move, and the burn tool is a great way to accomplish this.
I would recommend against making the curve slope down. This is like grabbing a tiger by the tail, because of the danger of solarizing other parts of the image.