tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560403933365907708.post7180578143395562636..comments2024-03-09T07:38:54.691-08:00Comments on PeregrinePrints not dot com ... Blog: Editing: Before and After Nature Photography (Lightning)Brandon Holdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16225665346907616226noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560403933365907708.post-55797971528590205982015-08-17T14:42:03.719-07:002015-08-17T14:42:03.719-07:00I find it gives more control pre-conversion than p...I find it gives more control pre-conversion than photoshop. I broke down and now rent the latest versions of photoshop and lightroom (the photographer's bundle) from adobe.... <br /><br />Once I've converted the image, I do the final edits in photoshop... I'm fairly new to lightroom (just started using it in the last year) - and there is definitely a learning curve, but overall I'm quite happy with it. <br /><br />Brandon Holdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16225665346907616226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560403933365907708.post-25884088432078755492015-08-16T21:21:03.025-07:002015-08-16T21:21:03.025-07:00thanks, that makes complete sense. Here's a m...thanks, that makes complete sense. Here's a more basic question, what is the main advantage of using Lightroom, which is really all I see referenced these days, vs Photoshop/ElementsMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16930207655858543854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560403933365907708.post-90807177193544941662015-08-12T14:24:07.296-07:002015-08-12T14:24:07.296-07:00I work with the entire image at once. It is my und...I work with the entire image at once. It is my understanding (maybe wrong) that you have much more control when only dealing with specific elements at a time (eg,/ layers) - but it is just my personal preference to see what i can do with the whole image at once (feels more "real" - even if it isn't).... The only "slection" I made was to brighten/darken the "highlights" and the "whites" in Lightroom..... This selects everything that is within a similar range on your histogram. In the case of that image - it probably only affected the bolts - as it was the only super bright part of the image - not unlike selectively choosing the bolts themselves - but somehow different in my books..... Hope that makes sense - if it doesn't - let me know and i'll try to do it again... Brandon Holdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16225665346907616226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560403933365907708.post-91318961335097440652015-08-12T11:20:46.128-07:002015-08-12T11:20:46.128-07:00In the top photo, when you were adjusting the ligh...In the top photo, when you were adjusting the lightness/exposure compensation, were you doing it a section at a time (i.e. doing the clouds differently than the water/sky) or were you making adjustments to the entire image at once?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16930207655858543854noreply@blogger.com