Taking a Break...

© Steven Deam

Taking a Break...

Uploaded: January 11, 2008

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Teresa P January 11, 2008

Wonderful photo Steven. What steps did you take to get this effect? #827394

Michelle Alton January 11, 2008

Looks like Lucris to me. It's a great photo and effects work for me!
Michelle #5324173

Steven Deam January 11, 2008

I used Lucis Art on this particular one.

I have made several presets for Lightroom that will give similar effects by pushing Recovery & Fill Light way up, Blacks up about 30%, Pushing Clarity and Vibrance way up and lowering saturation to about -75

From there you can play around with boosting or decreasing individual color channels, sharpening, etc. to get the effect you want.

As far as the specific recipe goes it depends heavily on the tonal range of the image. #5324226

Kristin M. Morales January 11, 2008

This looks great! I like your thinking process for recreating in lightroom. I like to use a high pass filter myself. #5324235

Judy A. Lawhon January 11, 2008

Great work, Steven....love the effects!! #5324406

Dale Hardin January 11, 2008

Love the image and the effect Steven. Would love to recreate the effect but Lucas Arts is out of my price range. Have any idea how to approach something similar in PSE5? Dale #5324451

Judi Morrissey January 11, 2008

Great image. Nice work, Steven. #5324603

Michelle Alton January 11, 2008

Wow..Thanks for all the tips. You clearly know what you're talking about...I have a trial version of Lightroom, and it looks like fun...but I have so many things to learn that the thought of adding another complex piece of software is giving me a headache. I am just getting to love Camera Raw!
But now I'll feel guilty if I don't learn Lightroom too. What a dilemma, right?
Michelle #5325439

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