Bob, I will never forget an experience in one of your workshops. I had a photo that was full of an amazing exploding sky with a bit of a mountain bald at the bottom. I had carefully brought out the shadow detail in the grass that should have remained in shadow. You asked me what the photo was about. The sky I said. Then why are you messing with this grass you said. Shadows are there for a reason and I never print without asking myself, what is this image about? Thank you.
I use photoshop for two purposes with my photos. Heal/clone to clean up small issues, such as dust on the sensor or small blemishes in the details. And i use it for curve adjustments. Photoshop curves are more powerful and precise than Lightroom's IMO. I find that a thoughtful curve adjustment usually gives me the all the contrast/shadow fine tuning I need.
The curves control in Lightroom/ACR used to be so clunky they were almost useless, they could still use some improvement but they're a lot better now and certainly not in the useless category any longer. I still think Aperture had one of the best and Capture One's is pretty nice but I am not opposed to Lightroom's curves any longer, I certainly would not let that be the ONLY reason I am using PS. The heal/clone tools are supercharged but still not quite as flexible as PS, probably never will be but I rarely need a lot of the sophistication PS provides so I definitely don't go there as a matter of course any longer.
Bob, I will never forget an experience in one of your workshops. I had a photo that was full of an amazing exploding sky with a bit of a mountain bald at the bottom. I had carefully brought out the shadow detail in the grass that should have remained in shadow. You asked me what the photo was about. The sky I said. Then why are you messing with this grass you said. Shadows are there for a reason and I never print without asking myself, what is this image about? Thank you.
I remember that workshop and your wonderful photograph. Glad you took a lot away from it. Hope to see you soon.
I use photoshop for two purposes with my photos. Heal/clone to clean up small issues, such as dust on the sensor or small blemishes in the details. And i use it for curve adjustments. Photoshop curves are more powerful and precise than Lightroom's IMO. I find that a thoughtful curve adjustment usually gives me the all the contrast/shadow fine tuning I need.
The curves control in Lightroom/ACR used to be so clunky they were almost useless, they could still use some improvement but they're a lot better now and certainly not in the useless category any longer. I still think Aperture had one of the best and Capture One's is pretty nice but I am not opposed to Lightroom's curves any longer, I certainly would not let that be the ONLY reason I am using PS. The heal/clone tools are supercharged but still not quite as flexible as PS, probably never will be but I rarely need a lot of the sophistication PS provides so I definitely don't go there as a matter of course any longer.