Adobe Lightroom For Beginners (2021)

Shots like this that combine landscape with skyscape are prime candidates for a

graduated filter. In this case, we’ve increased the overall exposure, boosted the

highlights to brighten the image, reduced the shadows to bring out the flower and

grass texture and then applied a coloured graduated filter from top to horizon, reducing

exposure by about half a stop and increasing colour saturation. The result is a bright

and colourful shot worthy of any picture postcard.

BEFORE

AFTER

Using Filters

Filters play a huge role in getting a photo

just the way you want. With some clever

tweaks, Lightroom is capable of delivering

spectacular results, such as the before and

after images you see on these pages. We

delve into elements like this later in the book.

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