Help! low contrast mask!

[reaction]

yes this is a crappy photo.

how would I mask the fish out in similar stuff, so I can process the fish one way and the coral in another?

[ZedEx]

I'd use the quick mask mode and 'paint' out the area you want to select. Bit of info on it from google http://www.elated.com/articles/photoshop-quick-mask-mode/
Although, I reckon that shot is fixable without doing separate adjustments.

[ameerat42]

What PP software do you have? Just quickly, Auto levels in Photoshop yields this.
Am.

[reaction]

well it's a large coral, I wanted the coral to be less contrasty than the fish
anyway, it's more wanting to learn how to do masking

[Borg2000]

Google is always a useful tool

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/masking-and-montage/photoshop-masks.html

http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/masking/masking.htm

Also try youtube


If your using CS5 have a look at http://www.vimeo.com/groups/55814/videos/