
Now that you’re in Camera Raw, go ahead and make a few adjustments to
the entire image. I took the exposure and brightness down, and bumped
the clarity and vibrance up a bit.

Now select the Adjustment Brush from the top menu in Camera Raw.

Once you select the brush, you’ll notice the options on the right
change. These options control the area that you’ve painted with the
brush. Go ahead and paint a large area of the sky. Once you’ve used the
brush change some of the options to the right and you will see that only
your brushed area is effected.
I made some adjustments to the brightness and exposure, and added a warm orange tone.

Now select “New” from the top of the options panel. and draw a new
stroke across the beach. You may need to size the brush down a little.
I made some more minor adjustments to the exposure and brightness.

Below is my final image. As you can see it is drastically different
from the original. The Adjustment Brush adds some very powerful
flexibility to Camera Raw. Keep it in mind, and use it to edit photos in
your next design project.