Great art, would make one tough puzzle!
They are a lot of fun and full of subjects. Excellent captures
Captivating subjects, masterful photography.
You have a Plan, wonderful.
Beautifully done jwh. I have this equipment, now need the bees! Are these heavily cropped, how close were you to the "action"?
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The new masking features in LrC have given my post work a whole new scope being able to make very local adjustments to parts of my pictures with a multitude of tools. If these new tools are available in Elements, then no need to change. However since you have upgraded your equipment, also consider an upgrade to your post capabilities.
Wild idea. In LrC, try masking the area with the reflections. Using the brush tool and work the dehaze slider. I was astounded what this did for a moon shot for me. I KNOW, how does this relate to the OP's dilemma? No Idea just suggesting something outside the box to try.
My comments were for CHG_CANON's post. Sorry I did not make this clear.
My comments pertain only to your paragraph three about brushes. I have used LR for a number of years and now LRc since the inception of the subscription era. I do not use Photoshop. I tried to use the brushes at times in LR6 and LRc without success until the arrival of the "new" masking capabilities last fall which have allowed me to do much more work on my photos (and given me a lot more fun and feeling of accomplishment). The latest upgrade is AI preset capability. Presets can now adapt their changes to the individual photo i.e. it intuitively determines if an horizon is flat like a seascape or ragged as a mountaintop to find the sky.
You might consider trying the latest, also in ACR. If you do I would value your opinion on their usefulness.
For sometime I was bothered by a lack of crispness in my photos on my 27" monitor. Than after adding a second, 24" monitor I was amazed at how much sharper my photos were on the smaller screen. I began shopping for a new 27" until my attention turned to the sharpness setting on my bigger screen. Hah! It was set to half way on the sharpness scale! After increasing the value to maximum, suddenly my screens matched for sharpness. Saved the price of a new monitor and solved a fuzziness problem!