Wanted to make them more purple....

Auto white balance and increased blacks to 13
created virtual copy
Then added a bunch of stuff:
temp 5691
tint +7
exp +0.86
recovery 5
blacks 5
fill light 0
brightness +6
contrast +28
clarity +51
vibrance +38
saturation -19
lens vignetting amount at -100 with midpoint at 30

Dang it! That is the kind of photography I want to produce!!!
It is the bunch of stuff..... I gotta learn.

Absolutely breathtaking work Denise!

Used Lightroom Only

First shot.

Will post XMP file later.

IMG_5501.jpg (138.46 KiB) Viewed 466 times

Vignette -100
Vignette Midpoint -50
Convert to Grayscale
Exposure +0.25
Highlight Recovery +47
Black Clipping +2
Brightness +1

Number 2:

Will post xmp file later

IMG_5956.jpg (156.25 KiB) Viewed 464 times

White Balance Auto
Exposure +0.02
Black Clipping +11
Fill Light +13
Highlight Recovery +64
Tone Curve Strong Contrast
Saturation +28
Vibrance +20
Clarity +14

Third:

Will post XMP file later

IMG_5413.jpg (188 KiB) Viewed 462 times

WHole bunch of things but principally

White Balance Auto
Strong Contrast in Tone Curve
Crop in LightRoom
Boosted Saturation

great work all of you, just wonderful.
Denise are you blending your virtual copies in Photoshop???

ok... I followed Denise's instructions. very helpful!

made a few changes but I am still happy with it.
oh.. what is a virtual copy?

Hi Suzi,
No I'm not blending them in photoshop.....why are they not blending in lightroom???? oh my

this one I did on my own. suggestions welcome???
I also have a question. I see that in CS3 under adjustments there is a setting for presets. Can someone explain?

If you are not blending in photoshop why the virtual copies???

the last one flowers..used kabam it and col paint blended in LR, then tweeked



history of tweeks

Kimi, in the thread that I started to see if there was enough interest in doing this, I posted a link for presets for CS3...there are 100 of them. Follow the link, scroll down to ACR presets download..they wil self install.