Thanks for your response and suggestions, Paul. I checked the history and the only thing listed is the date and time of import, so it appears that a preset was not involved. The only adjustment slider that moved from zero was exposure that moved to -1.45.

This all started several months ago and I have searched for the cause since then with no luck. I can work around it but it just causes more work and time in adjusting my images.

I will describe my work flow, so see if you can spot something that I am doing that may be relevant.

I use a Macbook Pro. I used Aperture for post processing until Apple stopped supporting it about three years ago. I then purchased Lightroom and have become fairly proficient in its use. I store my photos in an external. I create a folder in my external using year, month, day and then name. I then copy my images from the memory card into the folder I just created in my external. I then open Lightroom and import from the external folder I just created. I back up my external to a second external about once a week. This process has worked well for me since I began with Lightroom about 3 years ago.

I have never created a preset and have never made use of presets in any way. I prefer making my own adjustments. I typically adjust highlights, shadows, light & dark clipping, and lens correction. At that point I go back into Library and sync all of the images in that import. Then I go back into Develop and one by one fine tune each image. My last steps are cropping and fine tuning exposure. I spend a lot of time watching the histogram to prevent overdoing something that causes clipping on the right or the left.

As an amateur I do not use Photoshop. I use several other programs for special things -- Photomatix Pro, Pixelmator, Snap Heal, FX Photo Studio Pro and a couple of others from time to time.

I think this exposure problem is caused by something that I am unwittingly doing or something in preferences that got changed. When I import into Lightroom the images look great but as soon as the import is complete, the exposure changes. It starts with the first image and changes one by one until they have all changed.

Thanks for reading and I greatly appreciate any help.

Carl Phillips

I have checked that and it is definitely set at "none". To my knowledge I have never created an import preset. This situation has created additional work in adjusting my images and is pretty frustrating. Since Lightroom 5.7 that I have been using is obsolete, do you think this problem would follow me if I subscribe to Lightroom CC?

I have been using Lightroom 5 for the past few years but have recently encountered a problem when I import photos. They appear properly exposed in the camera and the camera histogram looks good. They look properly exposed in the preview but when I click import they then turn underexposed by several stops. Can anyone tell me what is going on and what I need to do to correct this? What have I changed that causes this? I shoot in raw with a D610.

Thanks for your help!!

Thanks, Regis! I have always enjoyed and appreciated your work.

The western part of North Carolina has the greatest concentration of waterfall found anywhere in the US, hundred of them. Here are two of them located near Saluda, NC.

The first one is Little Bradley Falls, about 6 miles east of Saluda. It was a brutal 2.5 mile hike for two 83 year olds carrying a tripod and camera gear but well worth the effort. It was mid day when we got there and Little Bradley faces west so we were looking into the sun. I used an ND filter in order to get more detail in the foreground and get some silky water. Some post processing but not much.

Pearson Falls is just a few miles from Tryon, NC and a very pleasant half mile hike. It has been really dry so there was not a lot of water.

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This red-shouldered hawk has spent a lot of time over the last few years hanging around the creek in front of our house. We see him frequently and he will let us get fairly close to him before he moves. The first shot was taken with my tripod and he just sat watching me set up. When there is no activity at the bird feeder I can usually spot him sitting on a limb nearby.

Thanks, Sailorsmom! I was lucky on this one because these began dying the next day because of the dry weather. The guy who planted them mowed them down the next week.

About a month ago I dropped my D7000 on the pavement with the 70-200 lens attached. The lens is okay but the camera is now a paperweight. It had 115,000 shutter clicks and had travelled with me to some wonderful sights, so I will continue to enjoy looking at it but not using it. I used by D3100 as a backup when I found this patch of canna lilies. Just after taking these shots I found a used, like new D610 in the local camera shop.

Linda, it really is a spectacular sight in the spring. A wonderful place for any photographer interested in flowers, landscape, etc.

Thanks, Angela!

Thanks for your remarks, John!

This is Middleton Plantation, Charleston, SC at the peak of the azalea season last May.

Thanks! My first post, so I appreciate your kind words!

These sunflowers were at their peak early one morning a few weeks ago.

Sorry, I failed to remove the s. Try this one:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSwkDC3q7uk