I'd be happy to, especially since I just did it over because I decided I didn't like the first version. Please bear in mind that I am very, very new at Lightroom, so it's all part of the learning curve.

The original capture was a Nikon raw (NRW in my Nikon P7800). For illustration I zeroed one out which shows that it was really awful blah. The overcast was pretty heavy. There was just no light. Ick. But sometimes I hafta move on and I like to joke that, "Ya takes yer pitcher wiv' the light ya gots." :mrgreen:

The first rework, which I now think is not as great as I first thought, was tinkered with a bunch of stuff.
--I tried out a bunch of Lightroom's onboard presets, finally settling on "punch."
--I worked the highlights and shadows,
--then used the graduated filter on the sky only and pulled the exposure down to "richen" the sky
--and also adjusted the whites, clarity and saturation
--Then I used the adjustment brush to select the water, pulled the exposure down a little and kicked up the clarity.

I thought it was okay (just okay) :? , but I kept looking at it and not liking---something.

The final one below is where I'm at now.
--I started all the way back from from the zeroed version and adjusted overall exposure and contrast
--adjusted clarity, shadows, highlights, vibrance and saturation.

Once I thought I had the overall picture about right
--applied the linear graduated filter again to the sky only
--once again pulled the sky exposure down
--increased the saturation
--and the vibrancy

Then I pulled another linear graduated filter up from the bottom, which is different from what I did before when I only masked the water
--I pulled the exposure down

The idea was to focus attention on the town across the ship canal.

Hope that helps, Bill. Thanks for asking, but do remember that I am a rank beginner in Lightroom; I'm more accustomed to Photoshop. :-D

So this happened.

At the beginning of 2015 I was happily plodding along, shooting 100% jpegs in my tiny-sensored compact camera, processing in a slightly obsolete version of PS-Elements, doin’ pretty good I thought…

Then, for reasons not now entirely well understood, I took a crack at raw capture (which I had not previously because of an inability to process it).

WELL one thing led to another, and in the space of less than a year (what a difference a year makes) I have been fully converted, an ultra-orthodox raw shooter, AND I subscribed to the Creative Cloud for ten bucks a month.

Who knew? :mrgreen:

For all of my old jpeg-only pals, fear not, I will not try to convert you! Y’all keep on keepin’ on. This was just my personal choice to drink the raw kool-aid. I’ve always been a fan of post-processing. I don’t mind hours at a computer one bit. You do. That’s fine.

What I’m doing now is learning as much as I can as fast as I can. I really like Lightroom, but I spent years learning Elements so I’m pretty comfortable with Phull-dress Photoshop CC, and there are things I can do there that I don’t think I can do (or do as well) in Lightroom, and Adobe provides both presumably for a reason, so I use both as needed.

(Incidentally, I love what Lightroom can do with some of my old jpegs. I’ve gone back and reworked some stuff (I have always kept an untouched SOOC jpeg in case I want to start over—I always “save as” edited versions)).

If you are leaning toward a 15in MBP, check out this site on MacRumors - http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Retina_MacBook_Pro.

The 13in model has been upgraded recently but the 15in was not because of INTEL processor delivery problems.

If you browse the OWC site - http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade, they will tell you if you can add more memory to your computer and for that matter, add a SSD. There are videos explaining the upgrade process that are very clear. I have done three memory upgrades to my MBP's and found the process simple and the results satisfying.

Bill