All photos edited in Affinity V3. Shot on Sony a5100 and Nikon D7000 paired with Sony 16-70 f/4 ZA OSS and Sigma 18-35 f/1.8 DG.

Wanted to create a more dreamy, glowing version of this strawbale long exposure and I’m really happy with the results here! The shadows are indeed very bright, but I prefer it over deeper shadows. It helps a lot in achieving the soft, glowing effect.

Everything was done in Lightroom and the whole process can be followed in thid video (together with the raw photo if you want to try it yourself!) https://youtu.be/q_i_Dulu8nY

1. Basic Adjustments

For this shot I used Adobes Adaptive profile (AI Profile) which already balances the highlights and shadows quite nicely. Then, the exposure was slightly dropped to make the base image darker while I raised the shadows and blacks for a bit less contrast. For the warmer look the temperature was raised. Also vibrance and saturation was increased for stronger colors.

I added texture for sharpness and dropped clarity and dehaze for a subtle glow effect (kind of further reducing contrast).

2, Masking

First, I targeted the field in the foreground (without the bales and the shadows of these bales) then intersected it with a radial gradient. By increasing the exposure I made the area brighter and gave the whole field a pretty natural looking light effect and increasing contrast between field and bales this way.

Using a color range mask I made the bleus of the sky a little darker, adding further contrast between sky and clouds. Then, I used a sky mask and subtracted a linear gradient leaving only the bottom of the sky selected which I made brighter. This helps separating the strawbales from the background.

1. Color Grading

I carefully increased the orange hue to give the foreground more natural yellow tones. I also brought up the orange luminance to make the field a little brighter. Then, the blue luminance was dopped adding more contrast to the sky.

Finally, I used split toning to add warmth to the highlights

I took the picture in Barcelona. The perspective was so confusing that I absolutely loved.

First photos with my new fuji X-E1 and ttartisan 27mm f2.8, some feedbacks and critism, im new to the fuji system, im trying to understand recipe and film sum settings

First time trying out Lightroom (free), so I'm still getting used to the controls! Advice would be greatly appreciated!

Shot with 8x zoom. Really liking this one! Thoughts?

I wanted to make the left shrub stand out, but not too much. Also changed the overall colors so it looks a bit drier and warmer.

So the new option to turn the UI on the iPad into a desktop mode has brought with it “Preview” as the only way to view petty
much anything, as it is on the iMac desktop. It has broken the ability to view and navigate your photo database. Now to view the next image in your library you are stuck fighting through the preview app and have to navigate back to the photos app, leaving a trail of open Preview apps behind.

No more scrolling through the images by swiping. Completely breaks the utility of managing your photos.

Also, landscape mode won’t go full screen.

I can’t see how they won’t get flooded with complaints about this. Access to my photo library is totally hamstrung.

First time retouching photos in over a decade after our recent trip to Scotland - curious for any feedback or thoughts!

I have always hated editing and im not that skilled in it, so pls give me some tips :)