I'm a photographer and homeschooler
Dream = travel blogger.
We move around every couple of years. That's fine, I love seeing different parts of our great country and the world.
Great things: Jesus, traveling, photography, eating, sewing, scrapbooking, reading, shopping...not necessarily in that order.
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2 thoughts on “Biltmore Reflection”
Wow! You really spiffed that one up! I’d love to know some of your methods.
Thanks! I’m so thankful Lightroom (I have LR5) has a detailed edit history! Usually I start out by sharpening the whole pic and decreasing any noise, but this one I increased the clarity and contrast first (then sharpened). Then I worked through the other sliders on the “Basic” panel–adjusting the highlights, shadows, whites and blacks, and vibrance to get to where I thought the house looked good. Then I went to the individual colors and adjusted their saturations, hues, and luminances (basically to get the grass where I wanted it and to make sure the roof didn’t look too blue). I decreased the exposure of the sky using the graduated filter. Then I cropped to where I wanted. I hope all that makes sense! 🙂 I do like using Lightroom presets, too, but didn’t go that route on this pic.
Not So SAHM 
Wow! You really spiffed that one up! I’d love to know some of your methods.
Thanks! I’m so thankful Lightroom (I have LR5) has a detailed edit history! Usually I start out by sharpening the whole pic and decreasing any noise, but this one I increased the clarity and contrast first (then sharpened). Then I worked through the other sliders on the “Basic” panel–adjusting the highlights, shadows, whites and blacks, and vibrance to get to where I thought the house looked good. Then I went to the individual colors and adjusted their saturations, hues, and luminances (basically to get the grass where I wanted it and to make sure the roof didn’t look too blue). I decreased the exposure of the sky using the graduated filter. Then I cropped to where I wanted. I hope all that makes sense! 🙂 I do like using Lightroom presets, too, but didn’t go that route on this pic.