Lightroom has advanced enough recently I don't use Photoshop for anything any more. The enhancements to masking are really useful. Nice job explaining and illustrating this subject! Thanks for your efforts...
@@JeffreyTadlockPhotography One thing I'd like to understand better is the ability of LR vs PS with HDR processing. I used to use an app "Photomatix Pro" a few years ago before the dynamic range of newer sensors could handle high contrast scenes. Recently I've tried to bracket scenes and use "Photo Merge HDR" in LR. I've been disappointed and believe a single frame and adjustments are better. Is there something I'm missing? Have you used HDR processing in LR lately? Thanks for your consideration...
As you noted, with today's sensors you can do a pretty amazing amount of work just with the dynamic range we have at our disposal. With that said, there are still those really high dynamic range scenes where exposure bracketing is really the best answer. I think ultimately, using luminosity masks in Photoshop to blend is probably the most precise way. Having said that, me, being a semi-lazy photographer will often use Lightroom's HDR blend with bracketed images. I find that it does okay getting you a decent starting point - though it is more conservative than some automated HDR blending tools (which can be a good thing to avoid being overdone), so often I still do additional edits, especially getting the highlights and shadows just right after the files are merged. If I can capture a scene in a single frame though, that's the my favorite way to go these days! Hope that helps!
Nice explanation that I found interesting. I do want to comment on the tree branch coming in from the left. I find it distracting and would consider removing it.
Glad the explanation was helpful! One less reason for me to jump into Photoshop! It's funny you mention the branch, over on my FB page I posted it with the branch in asking what folks thought - branch in or branch out? I ended up embracing the chaos and leaving it in, but I do think I am going to remove it as well and see which one I like better - maybe even in image poll here on YT and/or on Facebook! Thanks for the comment!
This is THE BEST way to do it in LR. Every landscape photographer should watch this.
Thank you! Glad you liked the video!
Very nice and detailed. Will try this 🙂👍🌳
Thanks! Hope it helps! One less thing to head into Photoshop for!
Change the radius to 0, and detail to 100 when you do sharpening. Works really well.
I'll give that a try! Thanks for the tip!
Lightroom has advanced enough recently I don't use Photoshop for anything any more. The enhancements to masking are really useful. Nice job explaining and illustrating this subject! Thanks for your efforts...
It really has made some great advancements, especially to masking. I rarely find the need to bounce over to Photoshop these days. Thanks for watching!
@@JeffreyTadlockPhotography One thing I'd like to understand better is the ability of LR vs PS with HDR processing. I used to use an app "Photomatix Pro" a few years ago before the dynamic range of newer sensors could handle high contrast scenes. Recently I've tried to bracket scenes and use "Photo Merge HDR" in LR. I've been disappointed and believe a single frame and adjustments are better. Is there something I'm missing? Have you used HDR processing in LR lately? Thanks for your consideration...
As you noted, with today's sensors you can do a pretty amazing amount of work just with the dynamic range we have at our disposal. With that said, there are still those really high dynamic range scenes where exposure bracketing is really the best answer.
I think ultimately, using luminosity masks in Photoshop to blend is probably the most precise way. Having said that, me, being a semi-lazy photographer will often use Lightroom's HDR blend with bracketed images. I find that it does okay getting you a decent starting point - though it is more conservative than some automated HDR blending tools (which can be a good thing to avoid being overdone), so often I still do additional edits, especially getting the highlights and shadows just right after the files are merged.
If I can capture a scene in a single frame though, that's the my favorite way to go these days!
Hope that helps!
Nice explanation that I found interesting. I do want to comment on the tree branch coming in from the left. I find it distracting and would consider removing it.
Glad the explanation was helpful! One less reason for me to jump into Photoshop!
It's funny you mention the branch, over on my FB page I posted it with the branch in asking what folks thought - branch in or branch out? I ended up embracing the chaos and leaving it in, but I do think I am going to remove it as well and see which one I like better - maybe even in image poll here on YT and/or on Facebook!
Thanks for the comment!
@JeffreyTadlockPhotography thanks for the reply. It's always a choice to leave in or take out. A survey would be interesting.
I agree that it's distracting.