Comments on: Day 15 of “Lightroom Only” Month (Interior/Architecture HDR Look)

By: Don

Don — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:00:52 +0000

A tilt and shift lens would have really made this a good image.

By: Jim Scott

Jim Scott — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:45:27 +0000

Matt,
It’s interesting to see this tutorial at this time because I’ve been thinking the same thing for some time now. I’ve even got a couple of side by side experiments of HDR on one side & the best of three histograms worked solely in Lightroom. My conclusion is that if your not looking for the HDR look, Lightroom can do it. One side observation I made:
Is that it sometimes calls for a smart curves layer mask in small areas!!

Thanks for the conformation
Jim Scott (jd1963 on flickr)

By: Bill Bentley

Bill Bentley — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:56:23 +0000

In reply to Mike P. Nevermind. I zoomed in on the page and saw that you were referring to 1.3 and/or 1.4 radius. Duh, on my part. But I use anywhere from 1 to 1.5 radius myself and don't seem to encounter any issues.

By: Bill Bentley

Bill Bentley — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:50:59 +0000

In reply to ernie decker. Are you asking if it's 13 or 1 point 3? The font doesn't show periods very well. At 1.3 radius there is little to no risk of halos appearing. It's quite a low setting.

By: Dennis Zito

Dennis Zito — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:54:15 +0000

Hey Matt,

Wow, this turn out fantastic! I’m glad you showed the close up of the electrical box removal, because it showed what the sharpening did to the concrete and pews. That’s what I get when I throw in extreme sharpening. It kind of has that over texture and dirty look to it. So, I’m not crazy!:-) Is that what you call pixel peeping? I like the perspective of the columns … I’m glad you didn’t straighten the photo.

Have fun in KY!

Dennis

By: Kimberly M

Kimberly M — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:14:34 +0000

I did a screen split to compare your 2010 HDR to the finished LR shot and I actually like this one better. Not that my opinion matters but I like the less green and slightly less punch/line/detail in this one- and I’m not an HDR hater by any means. Maybe it’s the glow and warmer tone with the subject. I also like that you didn’t make it architectual straight, as this way makes it feel larger, more grandiose. I didn’t read the comments on the story but to me, it was funny and clever account on how you got the shot.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 03:00:06 +0000

From a recovering copy editor:

About the “…chord between the box and podium”: It looks like an electrical or microphone cord to me, not a musical chord.

Thanks for an interesting Lightroom-only series.

By: Mike P

Mike P — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:07:32 +0000

Matt, this has been a great series! One suggestion is to include the histogram for the screenshots where the exposure is adjusted. I think it would have been very informative for this photo.

By: ernie decker

ernie decker — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:17:30 +0000

Maybe I don’t understand the settings properly, but I thought that radius had to do with the size of the area around an edge that was sharpened (contrast increased). If so, by increasing the slider to around 1.3,4 wouldn’t you be increasing the likelihood of halos showing up in sharpening. I have been decreasing my settings to .9 for this reason. Does having radius set to more allow for more amount? I usually keep my amount to around 35 to avoid halos and oversharpening. Am I just being paranoid??