When traveling, you can’t always wait for great light to take a photo. And taking an outdoor shot during midday almost never works. Either the sky is exposed correctly or the foreground but rarely both. Using Adobe Lightroom 3, you can fix that problem in just a few minutes. [Click here to view the tutorial]
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Works great on the sky but why did it have to wipe out the building? ;)
Heh, I was about to take your question seriously then I realized who was asking. You don’t need to be reading photography tips from me, Joe ;)
My friend just showed me Lightroom the other day. Very impressive!
Adobe products are always so good, and I’m sure LightRoom will be just the same. I’m yet to use it though. I use PhotoShop, mostly. Hey, just wanted to let you know there’s an awesome book that has helped me a lot in creating a professional travel blog. It also has great advice on how to make money from your blog too. I’m sure you’ll like it! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004ZZM6YO
Nice tutorial Wes. When I was really active studying photography back in 2009, I remember reading that really only the polarizing filter can´t be mimicked yet with image editing software. Maybe I can toss my ND grad aside and just keep my polarizer from now on :)
thanks for the tip!
Nice tip! I’ve been taking my hand on this application recently, it’s really amazing.
Awesome. I love this photo tune-up series. More on the way hopefully?
Thanks Wes. Great tip. Lately, I’ve realized there is a lot more I can be doing with my photos than I have been….this is right up the alley for me. ~vago
Great job on the photo but I would prefer as a reader to see exactly what you say and not the tune-up. Again that just me… Nice job on the photos though and did you ever explain why the little building is missing?
The little building is just a shade structure I suspect. You see them all over Asia — just a spot to get out of the sun while working the rice fields.
The result is amazing, but as for me the photo turns out not natural because everything looks like perfect …