Reworked

Reworking some Yellowstone shots....


Straight out of camera...

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kjonnnn wrote in post #11440486
Nice shots. But what is done to it in Lightroom and CS5, that couldn't be done in CS3. Curious.

I should have said... my knowledge advanced as well.. as I could have done these things to a point in CS3... with a few more steps...vs having all the adjustments in LR3 readily available.

Much faster processing in LR3 IMO...

I used the spot healing tool set to content aware fill in CS5... does a great job cleaning things up. Could have used the spot toll in LR3... but ... I like the one in CS5.

Used the gradient tool for the sky in LR3... and so on. Things have just become easier with the newer tools ... and with me learning more stuff over the years. LR3 really pulls a lot out of the images without much work on my end.

Hope this makes sense? I see your point.. all of this could have been done in CS3 with a little time and effort.

Hatch

kjonnnn wrote in post #11440540
Oh ok. It wouldn't take much time in CS3, a minute or so. You'd just change the layer blend, and add some saturation. To get rid of spots and such, try the patch tool, its much better than any of the healing tools or cloning.

I don't know about the patch tool... I like it..it's useful at times... but the healing brush with content aware fill has been fantastic when I retouch stray hairs in portraits. All are very useful tools... just having fun in CS5... just upgraded a couple of weeks ago from CS3.

Hatch

Nice shot, awesome color!

SE Smith Jr wrote in post #11440662
Nice shot, awesome color!

Many thanks Steve. Glad you like it.

Hatch