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May 26, 2020 16:37:36   #
riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas
 
R.G. wrote:
As expected, there's a fair amount of noise just waiting to come out when you brighten the shadows. Much will depend on your level of noise tolerance. Much depends on how closely you crop. You can select the sky and work on it in isolation to darken it a bit.

This was the best I could do with one of the easier ones. Raw files will give you more scope for pushing and pulling.
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Thank you RG;
I will work on these as time allows, this is much better than what I could do,
I will continue to work on the RAWs with the advice gained here.
Thank you again,
bruce

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May 26, 2020 16:38:48   #
riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas
 
OnDSnap wrote:
In PS, have you tried a Curves adjustment layer and mask the sky? If there is info there, you should be able to recover the shadow areas. It's where I would start.


Thank you ,
I will look into this, it is something I have never done but just starting to learn the ropes with LR,
bruce

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May 26, 2020 16:40:19   #
riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas
 
Jim-Pops wrote:
You mentioned you set Lightroom to Auto, is that all you did? I could tell you have a lot of information to work with and you will have more using your raw file. Try this start over and open the raw file in Lightroom.
Move these slider and see if you like it.
1) Sharpen +100. At this point you will see a big improvement that will help you see in the following steps.
2) Back to the top Temp +9
3) Tint +16
4) Clarity +9
5) Move down to Detail Screen
6) Sharpen 133
7) Masking 50
8) Luminance 32

On my example I did it about the same then separated the sky and plane to make some additional moves with different curve layers in Photoshop
You mentioned you set Lightroom to Auto, is that a... (show quote)


WOW Jim, this is nice, I cannot believe this is my photo.
I will copy these instructions and try on the other RAWs,
thank you so much,
bruce

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