STEP SEVEN: Next, darken
select areas of the image.
Continuing with the Adjustment
Brush tool, click on the Create
a New Adjustment icon (+)
at the top left of the Brush
panel (click New in Light-
room Classic) to create a new
Adjustment Brush. Click on
the reset icon (curved arrow
over a line) to the right of
where it reads “Selective
Edits” to reset all the sliders
(double-click the word “Effect”
in Lightroom Classic).
Set Exposure to –0.45,
Highlights to –14, and Contrast
to +5, and then paint on the
bright area of the man’s khaki
shorts and blue T-shirt on the
right edge of the frame, the
bright part of the woman’s arm
and hand, and the brighter
parts of the office building on
the upper right. Press K to exit
the Adjustment Brush, and then
click Open to launch the image
in Photoshop (Photo>Edit
In>Edit In Adobe Photoshop
2021 in Lightroom Classic).
STEP EIGHT: To bring greater
emphasis to the two people at
the center of the frame, and to
minimize the distraction of the
man in the blue shirt, select
the Crop tool (C). Click in the
image to activate the crop
boundary, and while holding
down the Shift key, drag down
the upper right-hand corner of
the cropping boundary until
only one vertical column of
the office windows are visible.
Make sure you don’t cut off the
woman’s index finger. Press
Enter to complete the crop.
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