By any other name...

[Devilsh]

Took a day trip to Napa last weekend and took this shot of a white rose. On impulse I didn't change the metering from the previous shot (which was the building behind in the sun.)

Before:



After:


Normally I would have fixed this in Photoshop but recently bought Lightroom so used it instead.

Basic:
- Push exposure +.35
- Push fill light +30
- Push blacks +11
- Clarity +26
- Saturation +12

Adjustment Brush #1
- Exposure 2.10
- Auto Mask ON
Painted on the roses
Adjustment Brush #2
- Soften Skin
Painted on the mask to soften the edge.

[windrider86]

It would be wonderful to see the orginal image!

[Devilsh]

hmm, call it a flickr hicup?

[RePete]

This is great! I didn't know LR could so so much. Any suggestions to learning LR better?

[Devilsh]

Adobe has all the basics covered in their tutorial videos. Also lightroomkilllertips.com has several tutorials and presets. Still learning myself and haven't found the definititave resource yet.