I tried Lightroom 3 Beta today.

[Chet]

I'm trying something new with my processing. I saw Adobe had Lightroom 3 Beta available as a free download. My family went to the Pumpkin farm today and this is what I came up with. LR is very easy to get used to, I enjoyed the different processing style choices.

C&C is always welcomed.

1.
http://r4smiles.smugmug.com/Other/2009/IMG3207-1/692829774_Z7jqM-L.jpg

2.
http://r4smiles.smugmug.com/Other/2009/IMG3266-1/692860001_pzW4U-L.jpg

3.
http://r4smiles.smugmug.com/Other/2009/IMG3230-1/692850362_ML6Ce-L.jpg

4.
http://r4smiles.smugmug.com/Other/2009/IMG3204-1/692821328_63oAx-L.jpg

5.
http://r4smiles.smugmug.com/Other/2009/IMG3242-1/692856439_2WLkJ-L.jpg

6.
http://r4smiles.smugmug.com/Other/2009/MadiIanPumpWagon/692466389_xnxZf-M.jpg

7.
http://r4smiles.smugmug.com/Other/2009/IanPumpkin/692465052_jVbyL-M.jpg

8.
http://r4smiles.smugmug.com/Other/2009/IMG3224-1/692841836_t23Cn-M.jpg

[ravestephen]

I like these a lot! I have never used Lightroom. Is this a one-touch color process? What else did you do to these?

[balancingact]

those are great! what did you do to them in LR?

[Chet]

Thanks guys and Welcome to the Forum!

In LR I started with a preset called Creative - Aged Photo, after that I tweaked to my liking. For this particular process LR really boosts the exposure and brightness, so I pull the levels down and then adjust the vibrancy, saturation, clarity, sharpness and add a bit of vignette.

Ravestephen- You can download and install LR beta for free and use all of the features. I was excited to try it out.

[ravestephen]

Thanks. I am downloading now. I am excited to try it.

Could you post one or two of the originals? I am curious to see what the colors went from!

Thanks!

[Chet]

This is from the series.

http://r4smiles.smugmug.com/Other/2009/IMG3233-1/692852232_FDSny-M.jpg

http://r4smiles.smugmug.com/Other/2009/IMG3233-1-2/692853719_JrqNC-M.jpg

[Chet]

Here is the one with my wife and son.

http://r4smiles.smugmug.com/Other/2009/IMG3266-1-2/692862081_JpEhi-M.jpg

http://r4smiles.smugmug.com/Other/2009/IMG3266-1/692860001_pzW4U-M.jpg

[ravestephen]

Heres one I ran in LR3 pretty quick. I still like yours better. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/4051139613_29a418c5cc_b.jpg

[Chet]

That's an awesome start. Looks like you figured it out pretty quickly. Keep playing, it's taken me a long time and I still have a ton to learn. This forum has helped me a ton.

Try this thread for LR tips and tricks.
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=684360

[wrxyboy]

i am beginning to use light room and hope that one day i can create some clean pics like these.

[mkville]

This is an awsome program, thanks for the advise on it

Mark