Learning Lightroom: Comments Welcome I have been playing around with Lightroom. Did I improve my pics? (first pic is original, second is fiddled with) How could I make it better? Some...

deer2ker Loc: Nashville, TN

Comments Welcome

I have been playing around with Lightroom. Did I improve my pics? (first pic is original, second is fiddled with) How could I make it better? Some things are obvious as I did correct my horizon but did I mess with them too much? Thanks in advance

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gnawbone Loc: Southern Indiana

Here's my take, remembering that personal taste is important, so you and I may like different things.

Set #1: Honestly, I like your original better. The contrast is better and the color is richer. Also, the sun is a little too blown out in the 2nd one.

Set #2: I like what you did with the sun and sky, again better contrast and richer color. The other thought I have is that I would leave the bushes on the right as cameos - I'd take the color out, it is kind of distracting from the sky. Where I'm conflicted is with the boat, I like what you did with the boat but is it distracting from the sky? I can't decide .....

Set #3: Good job - I like it! Maybe dial back the blue in the sky just a little.

deer2ker Loc: Nashville, TN

gnawbone wrote:

Here's my take, remembering that personal taste is... (show quote)

Thank you so much! I was wondering if just because you "can" doesn't mean you should lol. I thought the second one was too dark and when I was fooling around with it, I kind of thought "cool" but maybe too far and I agree with you on the blue - toning it back would help. I do like the first one better especially the water.

Drip Dry McFleye

If I may, I think the first two images were definitely improved by your editing. Of the last pair, I still favor the original.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

I believe your editing works well in all the examples.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

deer2ker wrote:

Comments Welcome

I have been playing around with Lightroom. Did I improve my pics? (first pic is original, second is fiddled with) How could I make it better? Some things are obvious as I did correct my horizon but did I mess with them too much? Thanks in advance

Nice work. There is always something to learn. Playing with the Highlights and Shadows sliders can work wonders. Also, you can lighten/darken the sky without changing what's below. There is no end to learning LR. Have fun! Every time I look at a picture I've processed, I find ways to make it look different.

deer2ker Loc: Nashville, TN

Drip Dry McFleye wrote:

If I may, I think the first two images were definitely improved by your editing. Of the last pair, I still favor the original.

Thank you Drip, I think I agree with you. The last one, the more I look at it, the less pleased I am - too unnaturally blue. Was going for more realistic but vibrant and I think I went a little too far.

deer2ker Loc: Nashville, TN

jaymatt wrote:

I believe your editing works well in all the examples.

Thanks jay, I had fun playing around with Lightroom (just got it and think it's a marvel!) but have a lot to learn - just being able to correct my horizon quickly was exciting ;)

deer2ker Loc: Nashville, TN

jerryc41 wrote:

Nice work. There is always something to learn. Playing with the Highlights and Shadows sliders can work wonders. Also, you can lighten/darken the sky without changing what's below. There is no end to learning LR. Have fun! Every time I look at a picture I've processed, I find ways to make it look different.

Thanks Jerry - so true! I need to figure out how to do the partial changes - right now I have been changing the whole pic all at once. I need to learn to adjust my sun in the first one as gnawbone suggested and I think it will be just about how I want it

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

deer2ker wrote:

Thanks Jerry - so true! I need to figure out how to do the partial changes - right now I have been changing the whole pic all at once. I need to learn to adjust my sun in the first one as gnawbone suggested and I think it will be just about how I want it

There are a lot of online tutorials for LR. tv.adobe is very good.

deer2ker Loc: Nashville, TN

jerryc41 wrote:

There are a lot of online tutorials for LR. tv.adobe is very good.

Thank you - will try it!

Feiertag Loc: British Columbia, Canada

I like your original first capture and the other two, I like your LR adjustments. Cheers!

deer2ker Loc: Nashville, TN

Thank you for looking ;) Just getting back to photography this year after many years of letting it go.

Feiertag wrote:

I like your original first capture and the other two, I like your LR adjustments. Cheers!

Feiertag Loc: British Columbia, Canada

deer2ker wrote:

Thank you for looking ;) Just getting back to photography this year after many years of letting it go.

Keep up the good work. You are a natural.