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CROP

Press the R key on the keyboard

or click the Crop Overlay icon

beneath the Histogram to enter

the Crop and Straighten panel.

Select 16:9 as the aspect ratio

and then click and drag the crop

overlay to fine-tune the crop. The

6:9 aspect ratio is the same shape

as an HDTV and this aspect ratio

serves to remove some of the

excess negative space at the top

and bottom of this image.

ADJUST TONE

Once the image is in your working

catalog, click to select it and press D on

your keyboard to take it into the Develop

module. Make the following changes

to White Balance, Tone and Presence

settings: Temp 6000, Tint -18, Contrast

+20, Highlights -80, Shadows +75, Whites

-30, Blacks +25, Clarity, Vibrance and

Saturation +50. Alternatively you can

open the Snapshots panel and select the

Tone and Presence preset I created for

you so you can adjust all of the settings

with just one click.

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DOWNLOAD

PROJECT IMAGE

Go to australianphotography.com

and in the drop-down menu at the

top of the home page go to how

to > tutorial images. Download the

start image for this project and

take note of where it’s saved on

your hard drive. Open Lightroom

and in the main menu choose File

> Import Photos and Video...

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