Editing a high contrast sunrise in Lightroom

A Lightroom Classic tutorial on editing a high contrast sunrise scene. If you found this helpful or entertaining and would like to support the channel, you can buy me a coffee here www.buymeacoffee.com/macphoto
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[@oscararrieta326]

Thanks, I like your workflow starting darkening the picture and using masks to make the adjustments, exposure, white balance, and toning, very simple and effective way.

[@VincentMacNamaraPhotography]

Thanks Oscar. It’s a useful way to draw attention to the subject and tone down the distractions

[@alanpinn2266]

Hi Vincent - I've just discovered your channel and have subscribed. I've watched 5 or 6 of your tutorials and really like you're editing style. I particularly like the way you bounce back and forth between global adjustments and masks. I don't typically do that - but I can now see the advantages of that approach. Thanks for the tips and keep up the great work. Cheers.

[@VincentMacNamaraPhotography]

Many thanks Alan. Welcome aboard! It’s great to get your feedback as the channel has only been up and running for a short time

[@RDmediaTV]

I love it good job keep going.

[@swashy58]

Hey Vincent .... you did a amazing job ... on this picture ... awesome ...

[@VincentMacNamaraPhotography]

Keep an eye on the channel Eddy! Lots more to come 🙂

[@erik1836]

Wow! You make it seem so easy! I hate you! Lol
Thank you. The image is exquisite.

[@VincentMacNamaraPhotography]

Thanks Erik! The more images you edit, the easier it gets 🙂 I usually start out with the finished look that I want in mind and then try to figure out what tools I need to use in order to get there

[@davidtaranzaphotography3324]

Nice edit and beautiful sunrise indeed. I think the water wave near the bottom could have formed a nice foreground if it received a little bit of exposure attention? Nice work Vincent, keep it up!

[@VincentMacNamaraPhotography]

Thanks David. I think you could be right. I'll have to revisit it!

[@steveeb9567]

Always interesting to see different editing styles. Mine has certainly changed over time ! My critique: Cropping out the wave foam in the foreground made it less interesting. Overall a little too dark and too much yellow for my taste. I think I might have tried a linear filter to the foreground to add a golden cast. A bit drab overall, I would try adding blue to the sky possibly. I would have tried 'tone spliting' to see if that adds something. I find that adding a touch of red or pink in the highlights (tone spliting) often works really well on sky photos.Thanks for sharing !

[@ravenfallsphotography6254]

Agreed on your first point. I would have liked the chance to experiment with the crop further, bringing back the foreground and maybe removing some of the featureless dark cloud in the upper left.