I've put together a quick little video showing how to use it. The end result is quite punchy and I'd tweak the photo a bit more if I was making a print, but it shows the graduated filter effect quite well.
Also wanted to point out, the video compression makes the sky look a lot worse than it actually is. It isn't actually that blotchy. :)
Here's the original image with no graduated filter. It was a bright, sunny day, and you can see the sky is blown out.
Here's the end result after I've applied a graduated filter in Lightroom as shown in the video. I also punched up the color with the Lightroom Vibrance setting.
Try the Lightroom Graduated Filter for yourself. If you haven't used it yet, I think you'll be surprised how quick it is to use and how well it works.
Another neat thing I saw recently w.the grad filter in LR2: use it to increase the brightness from 1 side to add another lightsource - like a fill light.
ReplyDeleteSounds interesting Travis. I'll have to give it a try. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. I tried a few shots I had with ugly sky's and it fixed them right up with just a minute of work. If people are in the shot then I export two copies to photoshop and use a mask layer to blend.
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