I decided to try tweaking a few of the race photos from this last round, using the “gritty” filtering system I set up in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Click on photos to enlarge.
bwhip's (and latebraker.com) photos and adventures
bwhip's (and latebraker.com) photos and adventures
I decided to try tweaking a few of the race photos from this last round, using the “gritty” filtering system I set up in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Click on photos to enlarge.
bwhip.com 
is this a native lightroom filter or did you buy a 3rd party add on for additional filters?
Hi Andy – It was a technique I found in PC Photo magazine, in an article about producing HDR-type effects. Apparently the idea originated from Scott Kelby’s blog. It involves some pretty simple adjustments in the Develop module in Lightroom.
very cool. I like how the colors are so saturated, it makes it look more cartoonish or like a painting. I’ll have to do a little more experimenting myself in Lightroom. Btw, do you use Mac or PC?
Thanks, I’m using PC.
Basic settings for that effect in Lightroom are:
Recovery-100
Fill light-100
Contrast-100
Clarity-100
Vibrance-100
Then move the Blacks slider to the right until the milky effect caused by the fill light slider is balanced out.
Then experiment with the Saturation and Exposure sliders until you get the effect you want.