Lighroom comparison

[Plays With Light]

I had a go with this image too, and went for a more romanticised finish in Lightroom with it. Not too bad for a three minute edit! I decided not to warm and colour the pylons to a uniform appearance, as I liked the differences to them.

• I straightened the converging verticals using the guides, placing two guides, one on the brick on the far right and one on the bridge support on the far left.
• I warmed up the image, taking the Temp to the yellows and the Tint to the magentas
• I boosted the Contrast, universally
• I lowered the whites and highlights to -100%, which brought back the details to the clouds
• I opened up the blacks and shadows, till I liked what I saw universally
• I applied some Clarity to the entire image
• I boosted the Vibrance and Saturation a bit, universally
• I applied some Clarity and Sharpness to the bridge and brick on the right, using the Adjustment Brush
• I applied some warmth to the pylons, taking the Temp to the yellows and the Tint to the magentas, and some Sharpening and Clarity, using the Adjustment Brush
• I applied some warmth to the grass, taking the Temp to the yellows and the Tint to the greens, also applying some Contrast, Clarity and Sharpening, with the Adjustment Brush
• I played with the Saturation and Luminance, boosting Sat. of everything except the blues and aquas and lowering the Lum. of the greens and yellows
• I applied Sharpening and Noise Reduction universally too
• In Lens Corrections I Removed CA's, normally I would apply the lens fix here too, but you dave stripped that exif data from your image so I couln't
• I also applied and elongated Vignette, with a smaller centre, larger feather and kept the highlights.

Phew! That took a heck of a lot longer to type, than to do!

Hope it helps you in some way.

I love Lightroom, as much as Tony (Tannin) hates it! It's quick, easy and non-destructive.

[Nikonoff]

I had a go with this image too, and went for a more romanticised finish in Lightroom with it. Not too bad for a three minute edit! I decided not to warm and colour the pylons to a uniform appearance, as I liked the differences to them.

Phew! That took a heck of a lot longer to type, than to do!

Hope it helps you in some way.

I love Lightroom, as much as Tony (Tannin) hates it! It's quick, easy and non-destructive.

Thanks PWL, I appreciate the detailed explanation and examples of subsequent editing. Sorry about the EXIF, hadn't intended to withhold, I think it's a setting in LR that I need to change.

Thanks to you also Ross for digging into the AppData PC nether regions regarding the LR EXIF data, I'll have a sticky in there for myself and see what the files have to yield.