With just a few clicks you can take a photo from low light to sunny and impressive –follow with this Lightroom edit.
Using MCP’s Transmit light preset gallery for Lightroom, and with just a few manual tweaks, I created the above edit in about a minute.
From the InFusion section of Infused Light, I clicked on the following presets to apply them to this photo:
- Fix underexposure 3
- 50% one click color base
- Tick Help 1 (to restore details in the cloud)
- Lighten Up 1 (to lighten shadows)
- 2 different directions (to increase contrast)
- Surround 1 (to add texture)
Next, I added some manual tweaking to the HSL panel in Lightroom. Using the targeted adjustment tool on the Saturation tab, I click and drag on both the blue sky and green grass to increase the saturation. On the Luminance tab, I pulled down the sky to add depth to the blues and add drama. These tweaks produced the following settings:
Next, I added some suns using the Golden Sunlight preset (From top right) from the Illuminate Horizontal folder. This added quite a bit of light and warmth to my subject. To brighten her up even more, I painted over her using these settings on the local adjustment brush:
My painted area has a red overlay on it in this screenshot.
Using the Auto Mask feature on the adjustment brush, I was able to paint the subject perfectly, with no paint overlapping the sky.
Edit Lightroom quickly and efficiently, for global and local adjustments. Adding presets to your workflow speeds up the process even more – no more fretting over which combination of sliders will create a certain look you like. Witness it with your own eyes – get a discount on Transmit light Package included if you buy today.
Erin Peloquin is a Lightroom & Photoshop Elements instructor – and teaches private and group classes at MCP Actions. She also helps MCP create amazing editing tools for Lightroom & Elements. Her portfolio is Time in Camera.
