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Processing tip: Brightening in Lightroom Explained

Posted on March 28, 2019, 11:51 pm, by QT Luong, under Techniques.
Brightening an image in Lightroom with sliders looks like a straightforward task, yet there are two ways of doing it, and they can yield very different results, as illustrated with images and stepcharts. This framework is also used to examine the most useful Lightroom slider. Brightening an under-exposed image This image of the White Cliffs […]
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Processing Tip: Highlights and Shadows in High Contrast Scenes

Posted on March 21, 2019, 8:52 pm, by QT Luong, under Techniques.
In this post, using images from the Black Canyon of the Gunnison for which I had described the location, I demonstrate two of the processing steps I use most frequently for high contrast scenes. Both consist of somehow counter-intuitive, but extremely simple and effective, opposite slider moves. Although this post is illustrated with Adobe Lightroom, […]
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Indiana Dunes National Park: Chicago Tonight, Final Spreads and Thoughts

Posted on March 14, 2019, 9:42 pm, by QT Luong, under Books, Esthetics.
Chicago Tonight I was honored that WTTW, the Chicago area’s PBS affiliate which is one of the most-watched public television stations in the country, aired a story about my visit to the Indiana Dunes, produced by multiple Emmy-winning Jay Shefsky. The four-minute Chicago Tonight piece, which is very accurate, took about two hours to film […]
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Indiana Dunes: National Park Diversity Beyond the Lakeshore

Posted on March 7, 2019, 9:04 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Indiana Dunes National Park ranks a respectable 13th of all the 61 national parks by number of visits (averaged over the decade 2008-2017). Most of those visits last a few hours: to be precise, according to NPS statistics, an average of 3h 15 min – the 8th shortest. Those hours are in general spent at […]
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