Digital Photography Lightroom Editing Tips

http://froknowsphoto.com/digital-photography-lightroom-editing-tips/

Here we are again editing another user submitted RAW file, remember that neither Greg nor I took this picture and it was submitted by a reader of the web site.

This weeks image was captured with the Nikon D3000 and Nikon 55-300 VR Lens. It is a great capture of a blade of grass with water on it. I was really surprised to see how sharp the focus was on the blade of grass and water.

When I was editing it I took the approach of making it pop as much as possible but making it seem a little darker. If you remember the movie Honey I Shrunk the Kids a lot of the movie is filmed in the grass and it just seemed darker when you were on that level. That is why my image looks darker, i figured if your on the level of the grass its probably in the shade and should take on a darker quality.

Greg decided to try to very different edits this week, one a little warmer and the other a little colder. This excursive week in and week out shows you different ways that images can be edited, Always remember that photography does not stop when you press the shutter button, it continues into your post processing.

If you would like to submit a RAW file for us to edit please e mail FroKnowsPhoto@gmail.com

To see the 3 images from this video side by side click here

http://froknowsphoto.com/digital-photography-lightroom-editing-tips/

Category:

Education

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• Digital
• Photography
• RAW
• editing
• lightroom
• macro
• DSLR
• tutorial
• nikon
• canon

[BennyDanny]

How many screens do you have Jared?

In this photo, you edit was better.

[JaredPolin]

@BennyDanny one big ass 27 inch imac.

[dakipro]

There is a Before/After shortcut, I see that both you and Jared use Reset, or history, just press the \ button (backslash, usually above or around the enter key, on win at least, porbably on mac as well). It is much easier to check before/after

[JaredPolin]

@dakipro thanks!!!

[xmeerzx]

the websites u added on the sidebar are missing "/" after .com

[JaredPolin]

@xmeerzx I fixed it!!!

[aloysius444]

i like jared's!

[danTES8011]

Good eye, kid.

[videoman417]

#2

[maT5581]

@darkman20 Lightroom 3

[halley1979]

Jared ;)

[littlec916]

@rbphotography8 you can just collapse them. there is an arrow next to each panel.

[africans1968]

How do I open a RAW file with Lightroom. Thanks

[rbphotography8]

how is it that you have lightroom set up to only have one of the drop down panels open at once? thats really cool! i always get lost in mine scrolling around looking for what i need... thanks!!

[johnny48166]

@Icookpresents Lightroom

[Icookpresents]

Any chance if you havent already, could you make a tutorial video on what all the settings in the program you are using mean and how to edit them properly? what you are doing looks pretty complicated