Lightroom
is quite wearing on one's convictions about editing.
For instance consider.
One can start with this

and end with this.

It's fast. It's easy. It's stunning.
And it's......cheap. I know. Really I do. I will develop my skills and chase skies that actually are blue. Honest. I will not fall prey to the fast food microwave approach to photography. No sirree.
Except maybe just a tiny bit?

Even strict dieters splurge every now and then. 12 more days and it's back to strict training. No empty processing calories unless I get some good shots sooc.
I know. It's so tempting. So so tempting. Especially when you shoot RAW, in which case you just have to guard against doing too much to a shot. *intones* Use the Force wisely, Luke.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, those first two are stunning. Really. And I think the second one just gave me the seed of a story idea.