Adding clarity to your photos can improve texture, enhance details, and bring out elements that are seemingly lost in the shadows. In this video, pro nature photographer Ian Plant shows you how to use the Clarity Slider in Adobe Lightroom.
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Capturing the Barber Shop in HDR Photography
When professional photographer and instructor, Tony Sweet, discovered a musty, old barber shop in the prison, he knew he had an ideal HDR photograph. He calls it, “one of the greatest shots in all of the prison, challenging but worth the effort.” Tony shows you how to balance the bright, red barber chair with the…
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Processing the Barber Shop Using HDR Photography Tips
The prison barber shop images have been captured. Now it’s time for processing the HDR photograph. Post-production instructor, Tony Sweet, will show you how to export the RAW photo files to the HDR stage and into the master folder. You will learn how to work with Photomatix software. How to use tone mapping for color…
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HDR Photography Lesson: Processing the Hall of Mirrors
The problem in photographing the hall of mirrors was the wide dynamic range of light. In this editing video, post production instructor, Tony Sweet, shows you how to solve that problem in HDR processing. After combining the seven source images, Tony works his HDR image through tone mapping in the Photomatix default setting. He experiments…
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HDR Photography Tips for Capturing the Yard
The old prison yard. Outdoor setting. Light sky. Dark stone. Professional photographer and instructor, Tony Sweet, explains, “This is the perfect candidate for an HDR photo, from deep shade to bright sunlight.” You will learn that fast exposures work best in this type of exterior setting in order to minimize ghosting of the moving clouds.…
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How do you make a local clarity adjustment. My clarity doesn’t have an option other than the whole photo.
Hello Chris,
Thank you for contacting us. Regarding clarity adjustments, here is a good reference point:
https://imaging.nikon.com › lineup › microsite › picturecontrol › tips › bas…
Click the tab of each Picture Control to view the difference. Step 2: Adjust clarity. After you set the basis of your image creation by adjusting contrast and saturation, you can adjust clarity*. By setting clarity to the plus side, the image becomes clearer, delivering sharpness and depth to the subject.
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Joan
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Short but informative. Keep up the good work.