Mull and Lightroom 2

[thebigsky]

Ok so I finally finished the bulk of my PP from Mull and then Lightroom 2 comes out and now I want to do them all again.

I have to say I'm really liking LR2's ability to make localised changes to exposure, saturation, contrast etc.

Here's one I've been working on, no photoshop on this one:-

http://thebigsky.smugmug.com/photos/348219365_pw7XH-L.jpg

I like it, though I may have overdone it here and there :wink

And here's a B/W tint:-

http://thebigsky.smugmug.com/photos/350690502_QQeSe-M.jpg

Charlie

[PHOTOempt]

Ok so I finally finished the bulk of my PP from Mull and then Lightroom 2 comes out and now I want to do them all again.

I have to say I'm really liking LR2's ability to make localised changes to exposure, saturation, contrast etc.

Here's one I've been working on, no photoshop on this one:-

http://thebigsky.smugmug.com/photos/348219365_pw7XH-L.jpg

I like it, though I may have overdone it here and there :wink

Charlie
That's really nice, Charlie - congratulations! Sarah

[Darren Troy C]

Looking to get LR2 myself in a few weeks! Great image!

[thebigsky]

That's really nice, Charlie - congratulations! Sarah

Thanks Sarah, have you started packing, you must be getting quite excited!

Charlie

[thebigsky]

Looking to get LR2 myself in a few weeks! Great image!

I have to say I really like it, I've always found PS counter intuitive whereas LR seems to 'fit.'

Charlie

[thebigsky]

Here's a B/W tint done entirely in LR 2, a bit rough around the edges but I like the overall mood:-

http://thebigsky.smugmug.com/photos/350690502_QQeSe-M.jpg

Charlie

[WildWally]

I am curious . How did you go about this rendition in LR2 ???
Wonderful !!!!

Here's a B/W tint done entirely in LR 2, a bit rough around the edges but I like the overall mood:-

http://thebigsky.smugmug.com/photos/350690502_QQeSe-M.jpg

Charlie

[schmoo]

Here's a B/W tint done entirely in LR 2, a bit rough around the edges but I like the overall mood:-

http://thebigsky.smugmug.com/photos/350690502_QQeSe-S.jpg

Charlie

I love this shot!!! I know that it was a little brighter there at the time but wow what a great interpretation of that evening.

Thanks so much for bringing back a taste of this wonderful trip months later. Sarah was right about the memory banks thing. :D

[thebigsky]

I am curious . How did you go about this rendition in LR2 ???
Wonderful !!!!

Thanks Wild Wally :thumb

I created a preset a while ago before LR 2 came out, I think it was based around the built in sepia preset but then I made quite a few changes.

I applied that, then I did some experimenting with the new masking to make some localised changes to exposure, brightness, contrast etc.

Finally I applied some subtle toning in the shadow areas using the split toning module and some vignetting.

Charlie

[thebigsky]

I love this shot!!! I know that it was a little brighter there at the time but wow what a great interpretation of that evening.

Thanks so much for bringing back a taste of this wonderful trip months later. Sarah was right about the memory banks thing. :D

Thanks Schmoo, I'm getting increasingly fed up not having any landscape of interest to shoot, at least of interest to me, I suppose familiarity breeds contempt and I can't find any motivation to shoot where I live.

Fiddling with these old shots cheers me up a bit, I think this evening in Croig was my favourite, it was just a perfect evening of relaxed shooting with great people and great scenery.

And of course Disco Duck (http://www.schmootography.com/gallery/5006151_LpYWf#302011078_nqHfo-A-LB)

Charlie

[thebigsky]

I'm still experimenting with LR 2, here's another creation in a similar vein to the shot above.

Eeek, I've had my first ever hangs with LR since upgrading to version 2, which is a bit of a pain.

http://thebigsky.smugmug.com/photos/353039708_xFNUG-M.jpg

Charlie

[schmoo]

Thanks Schmoo, I'm getting increasingly fed up not having any landscape of interest to shoot, at least of interest to me, I suppose familiarity breeds contempt and I can't find any motivation to shoot where I live.

Fiddling with these old shots cheers me up a bit, I think this evening in Croig was my favourite, it was just a perfect evening of relaxed shooting with great people and great scenery.

And of course Disco Duck (http://www.schmootography.com/gallery/5006151_LpYWf#302011078_nqHfo-A-LB)

Charlie

:rofl I had forgotten about that movie! I was so confused about the duck at the time and I know better than the believe everything people tell me on a workshop. :wink

I hear you on the landscapes. It's all how you look at things though. I tend to be a bit negative when it comes to shooting locally. I know that there many nice things to shoot even where I live, as is often shown by the stunning work of local (to me) photogs here on Dgrin and I always feel quite lame seeing their friends views on a land I thought I knew so well.

It is certainly so much easier to find things to photograph in a new country with new friends, that's for sure. But of course such a great opportunity happens less often than we'd like in our lives!

I love your final addition here. It almost looks like an IR shot -- which is perfect considering it was midday. Great work and I love how you keep bringing us back to Mull with your threads. :thumb