I went to a Lightroom tutorial several years ago (and before I had LR). I watched the speaker open an image and go right to the blacks slider. He said, "This needs some blacks" and just fiddled with the slider a bit. It was as simple as that, but his comment was that you needed some blacks in all photos. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Barry Rice <bamr...@ucdavis.edu> wrote: > Hey Folks, > > I use Lightroom to develop my digital images. While white balance, exposure, > recovery, and fill light are relatively straightforward, I've got questions > about the "Blacks" setting and the Tone Curve's > higlights/lights/darks/shadows settings. > > I shoot plants. Before I switched to digital, I used Velvia pretty much > exclusively, which means I have a color sense about as extreme as a junior > high school girl applying eye makeup. > > Are there any guides as to when the tone correction is too much? Sometimes > I'm applying +-15 to the highlights and darks. Is this too much, or it is > just a matter of taste? > > Barry > > Barry Rice, Ph.D. > Carnivorous Plant FAQ > sarracenia.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
