Adobe Photoshop Lightroom – Page 4

While shooting couple of weeks ago I took a single photo of a lovely lily (a mistake, but excusable as I had my 6-year old tugging me along!). The photo was under-exposed and grey. I have tried to recover from this photographic disaster using post-processing. The results and the original are below.

I used Adobe Lightroom for general photo handling and Color Efex Pro to enhance detail and contrast. I realise I have lost detail on the petals due to the original problems with the photo (which was in RAW format).

Cheery cherry blossoms

Not your common daffodil

Peach-Pink Daffodil — Peach-coloured daffodil at the Anglesey Abbey.

A slightly uncommon daffodil photographed at the Anglesey Abbey.

Symphytum (Comfrey)

All signs suggest that spring has well and truly sprung here in East Anglia. I was at the Anglesey Abbey last weekend, and among all the bluebells, snowdrops, daffodils and hyacinths were some lovely flowering comfrey plants.

Symphytum "Hidcote Blue" (Comfrey) — Symphytum “Hidcote Blue” – aka Comfrey

As you may already know, comfreys have long been associated with medicinal properties – particularly for the treatment of skin treatment. Their role in herbal medicine, to say the least, has been controversial. Nevertheless, they are an attractive addition to wildflower gardens.

Technical Details:

Nikon D7000 with Sigma 105mm, f2/.8 macro lens
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f/4.0, 1/640, ISO 100
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Processed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
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Bougainvillea

This is one from ages ago (10 years to be exact!). I find going back to my older pictures and re-processing them a source of great satisfaction. Also a useful activity on days when getting outside to take new photos is impractical or impossible (day job etc)..

Pink Rose…

Click on photo to see a larger version on Flickr.

Photo Details:

Nikon D80 with Nikon 18-55mm Lens
ISO 100, 1/200 sec, f/7.1
Edited in Adobe Lightroom to mask background, increase clarity and some minor tonal curve adjustments.

Rose!

Photographed at Anglesey Abbey in Lode, Cambridgeshire. Post-processed in Adobe Lightroom and NIK Color Efex Pro.

Still life – HDR

With the weather going from bad to worse here in the UK, the scope for outdoor photography has been limited. I therefore, took to an indoor experiment using a bunch of flowers under natural lighting. Both pictures are from 3-shot bracketed exposures at -2, 0 and +2 at f/3.2 1/40, 1/1o and 0.4 second exposures. Merged in Photomatix Pro. I would love to hear from you!!

_DSC4036_7_8 — See a larger version on Flickr

_DSC4033_4_5 — See a larger version on Flickr

Fat-Legs and Doves-Foot!!

Not the cast of an improbable movie, but a photograph of a fat legged beetle (Flower Beetle/Oedemera nobilis) on a Doves-Foot Cranesbill flower (Geranium molle)!

An unlikely cast! — Click on photo for a larger version on Flickr.

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Bright and Cheerful!

A lily recovered..