Picked up many new capabilities given significant advancements that have happened with process tools. Among the various new techniques taught and demonstrated, I’ve learned that selective and non-destructive editing of RAW images within Lightroom provides for a much more interesting experience. Where brushes and value selections among object layers give back a completely different way of showing an image. To get it to say something more or different than what came right from the camera.
Here is a random photo I took of two Mariposa Lilies. One prominent and one smaller, but kept back at a darker exposure. The image above processed to accentuate the difference between the two in an effort to communicate meaning. There were other overall curves and pixel density adjustments that were made as well.
The original RAW image shown below is directly out of the camera (converted to JPG). Time and practice will bring better results.
Comments are closed.