Before and After

I played around some more with pictures from our Easter train ride.  Here is the original:

Here it is using Abby’s Less Direct Positive preset:

Coffeeshop Scorched Honey:

PW Colorized:

One more before and after of some daffodils at the zoo a few weeks ago.  Here is the original:

Here they are using Abby’s IR Flavor:

*PW and Coffeeshop presets can be found and downloaded at The Pioneer Woman and Coffeeshop blog links in my sidebar.  Abby presets can be found **here**.  All presets are free to download.*

Silly Face

I thought one of Joe’s silly face pics would be fun to play around with using some different looking presets.  Here is the original.  He is so silly—just like his daddy:-).

Here it is using Auto Correct first, and then Abby’s Hikey LoSat preset.  This is my favorite.  I like the brightness of the face contrasted against the fence in the background.

 

And, here it is using Abby’s Gritty Exposure.

Both of these were edited in Lightroom using free presets found *here*.  Can you tell I’m obsessed with Lightroom?!  Don’t worry, there will be plenty more:-).

Blooms

I took lots of flower pics at Biltmore in the greenhouses since the flowers outdoors weren’t in bloom yet.  I have no idea what this plant is called, but I liked the color of it.  Here is the original.

Here it is edited in Lightroom using the Abby Hikey LoSat Lbd preset.

Another using Abby Undo Grey Drabbiness preset.

And, yet another using NYSM Hdr-ish preset.  This is my favorite.

A collage of all including the original (first).

All pics edited in Lightroom using the above listed free presets found *here*.

Biltmore View

I took lots of pictures at Biltmore House when we were there a couple weeks ago.  You could spend days taking pictures at Biltmore and still not be done.  It’s so beautiful.  I took this picture from one of the balconies on the side of the house.  This is the original.

 

I wanted to see what I could do to brighten the sky a little and make the colors pop more—make it look more like it did to the eye that day.  Here’s what I came up with.  I edited all pics in Lightroom.  On this one I used Sky Effects Deep Blue Something, followed with Modern Dsat + Reds and topped it off with Modern HDR Enhance.

I played around with this picture a little too much.  Here are several more edits.  I used all of the above and added NYSM-NYKF Subdued to this one.  The trees and ground have a little more detail than the first edit.  I like the sky better above, but landscape better below.

On this one I used all that I did in my very first edit and added Abby Hikey LoSat.  I adjusted the exposure a bit too.  I love the greens in this picture.  You don’t even notice the greens in any of the pics above. 

Finally, on this last one I used all of the edits from my first and finished it off with Abby Gritty Exposure.   It looks like there’s a thunderstorm rolling in to me.

Can you tell I’m having way to much fun with Lightroom?!

And, here they all are for side by side comparison.

**All of the presets I used were downloaded *here* at Presetting Lightroom's 180+ Free Presets Collection from flickr.com.**

Exploring Lightroom

I’ve been playing around in PSE the last few days and decided to give LR a try too.  I love both of these programs!  They each have different capabilities and both give pictures their own unique looks through presets and actions. 

I experimented with some presets I found at *this* awesome link today that is full of LOTS of free LR presets for download!  I used a couple of the pictures I got of Hanna and Joe outside last Friday, and one of Jack from yesterday.

Original:

 

After Wonderland Catalyst 48 Preset:

Here is what I did with Joe’s—original:

After Wonderland Preset Alice’s Not So Bright Day:

After Wonderland Preset Catalyst 19:

 

Here is Jack’s original:

Here it is after Wonderland Preset Dark Horse:

 

After I added the preset to these pictures I played with various levels and the exposure until the picture suited me. 

I am LOVING these two new programs, and having so much fun learning them!

Spring Pictures--Joe

Where It All Began

This is the gazebo at Biltmore House where Jamie proposed to me seven years ago next month. This is where it all began–the beginning of my fairytale:-).


I love you Jamie, forever.