![]() To start, simply pop over the the Develop Module and click on the Graduated Filter button at the top right. That effect tapers off to nothing, with a smooth transition between the adjustment and the normal settings of the unaffected area. It mimics the filters photographers used to attach to their camera lens back in the pre-digital days and allows you to adjust exposure, brightness, contrast, saturation, clarity and sharpness for a specific portion of your image. The Graduated Filter tool can take care of this problem quickly. Since I was shooting RAW –rather than JPG– I knew I could easily bring the sky back in when I went to edit my photos. I was concentrating on getting the rice paddies in focus, so the shot was exposed correctly for them but the sky was too bright and washed out. It was about 2pm and I was far from my home base so waiting for sunset wasn’t an option. This is a shot I took while riding around Laos on a scooter. Using Adobe Lightroom 3, you can fix that problem in just a few minutes. Either the sky is exposed correctly or the foreground but rarely both. ![]() And taking an outdoor shot during midday almost never works. When traveling, you can’t always wait for great light to take a photo.
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