The Lightroom Playground - Week 2

[bayhli]

The purpose of this weekly challenge is to encourage creative experimentation with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. All Lightroom users are welcome to join in and for those who don't have Lightroom but wish to play, here (http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/) is the link to the 30-day trial version.

Please make any adjustments you choose to the following image and post your results in this thread. Share how you processed the image and provide information on any develop presets used. All modifications on the image must be made in Lightroom with the exception of sharpening, noise reduction, and resizing. Matt Kloskowski's Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips (http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/) is a great source for Lightroom Develop presets.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1jRimKgEwdmn7tBn3l6WpwC2CgPqn_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1jRimKgEwdmn7tBn3l6WpwC2CgPqn)

RAW File Download Link:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/9yjeok

Please post comments and questions in The Lightroom Playground - Week 2 Comments & Questions . (http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?p=344324#post344324)

(p.s. My computer is not all put back together after a re-format; in fact it's barely put back together. Please let me know if you discover anything incorrect in this thread.)

[Chuck S.]

Pat, thanks for posting a bird photo! I started making my own adjustments, but then decided to see what presets I had downloaded might do a better job. I settled on one called Matt's Classsic Split Tone, where the highlights and shadows are separately adjusted for hue and saturation, followed by Matt's Landscape Sharpening - A Little More. Again, no original work on my part....:o

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/18tYCJHaqXDwaaYNguhAaV8Ejcjuq_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=18tYCJHaqXDwaaYNguhAaV8Ejcjuq)

By the way, I was able to use Lightroom for resizing as well. When I was finished tweaking, I did a File>Export, set the maximum pixel dimensions to 700 by 700 and sent to a folder on my desktop. From there, I sent the JPEG to Pixentral. One-stop shopping!

[JulieM]

This is a lovely image, Pat.

I wanted a closer view of the ducklings, so I cropped. I applied a preset called COL Velvia by Sean McCormack which was downloaded from Inside Lightroom (http://inside-lightroom.com/). I found the blues were too strong when that preset was applied, so I dropped the saturation of both the blues and aquas a bit. I sharpened it a little too. Then, thanks to Chuck, I was able to export and resize so that it could be uploaded to Pixentral without using PSE's save for web. A step-saver, to be sure!

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1wYhphuRkdc8yi6oyL4JLt5Yk253zu_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1wYhphuRkdc8yi6oyL4JLt5Yk253zu)

[Elemobe]

Here is mine. I started off with a preset "Indian Summer" and then changed it - a lot.

Will have another go later. Lovely photo Pat, thanks.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/157BbfuWx5q6ZgVRzo96F1czCXJOt0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=157BbfuWx5q6ZgVRzo96F1czCXJOt0)

[Elemobe]

Forgot to say, thanks for the tip Chuck, saves a ton of time:)

[Elemobe]

Not sure about this one, but trying to come up with something new!

This was a WOW preset - Brown, which I adjusted slightly (clarity and more orange).

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1hLy5QaYnMTtVo1KrjXXHO5IXUyWC_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1hLy5QaYnMTtVo1KrjXXHO5IXUyWC)

[Chuck S.]

If I ever get Lightroom back up on my computer, what on earth am I going to try???

Pat, you could always try something a little wild:

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1FL0HL69XTTT0czoLOUUWF6ALstMb70_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1FL0HL69XTTT0czoLOUUWF6ALstMb70)

(Preset COL Color Infrared) :)

[bayhli]

Well... finally I have something! Not very creative, used the presets that came with LR. Applied the Old Photo and a High Contrast Tones.

I'm not enjoying using the presets - I'd rather learn to use the LR settings themselves better. So much for wild Chuck ! :D

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1FhgFzlHCmH6gBkeFaVmoVWfPlqAz_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1FhgFzlHCmH6gBkeFaVmoVWfPlqAz)

My computer is such a mess - I don't work well with disorder and that's what I've got while I try to put things back where I had them. All my settings are gone - LR too I see so perhaps I haven't linked something properly. I feel like I'm working on someone else's computer and don't know where anything is! Not doing this again for awhile! :mad:

Well, the big Day's just around the corner so probably won't be on here too much more. Have a great holiday everyone and all my very best wishes for 2008!! :)