As I am relatively new to using Photoshop due to being accustomed to using Lightroom since the beginning of the FD course back in 2009, I have decided to test my editing skills on both software packages.
Due to having only very basic knowledge of using Photoshop 5, I directed my attention to the vast amounts of tutorials widely available on the web to help with my editing techniques.
Below is the RAW file and two edited versions of one of my favourite photographs I took onlooking the sea meeting the sky - from the top of the Lion's Head Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa.
RAW Image - ISO 400, 28mm, f22, 1/350
I found the view breath taking however the colours captured via the digital sensor are never a true reflection of what the human eye can see. It is an interpretation of a seascape representation via digital code however the RAW image does not reflect or evoke enough emotion due to the bland colour palette depicting what is the sky and sea.
Lightroom Edit
I used my typical workflow within Lightroom to achieve the above image but I was not satisfied with the colours' dullness. Both the Sky and Sea lacked a richness resulting in the overall image displaying flat tones of colour.
I therefore searched for a useful tutorial to aid my landscape / seascape editing techniques and came across this Blog called RL Creative: Blog about Design and Photography by Roland Glukhov
The tutorial explains how to achieve the best possible landscape photograph by making virtual copies within Lightroom at different exposures to the original, then combining the copies together and layering certain areas within Photoshop over the original exposed image.
As with any Landscape or Seascape Photograph due to the difference in exposure needed for the sky and land or sea, unless using a filter at the time of capture on your camera, it is highly unlikely to achieve a perfectly fully exposed negative . . . but with this editing technique . . . anything is possible . . .
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