A Girl's Just Gotta Have Fun

The New Lighthouse, Cape Henry, VA

Above is my original edit using Lightroom. 
Too bad I lost my polarizing filter, huh?
It would have cut the reflection.

Before buying Topaz Impression, 
this was my final edit 
using HDR Efex Pro 2 

And now
(thanks to Lisa Gordon
who introduced me to Topaz Impression,)
I am spending way too much time having fun.

These are additional edits
from Topaz Impression
using their presets.

Cezanne Preset

I'm likin' it.
Colored Pencil 4 Preset

Looks like old glass.
 Renoir 2 Preset

And last, but not least,
my favorite:

This one is getting printed. 
Charcoal 3 Preset

When my husband gets home tonight
and sees the clutter and laundry...
he'll know something is up.

By the way,
Topaz doesn't know I exist.
I am not getting paid for writing this.

Hmmm. Maybe I should have replaced my polarizing filter first. 
Oh well...too late. 

The Party's Here! Where I am linking these days.

            

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Fall Days are Supposed to be Sunny Days

...aren't they?

Autumn Splendor
Somewhere between Berks and Chester Counties, PA

It seems the warm fall colors
play beautifully against the cool blues sky.
So why then,
on my fall excursions,
are the skies always grey.
[Pouty Face]

So I made a Lightroom 5 Preset
for cloudy fall days,
because I am getting tired of
trying to add a little sunshine to each image.

Here are a few before/after samples
of what I call Autumn Splendor.

If you like the preset I will share it with you. 

I only tested it in LR5 on cloudy landscape images 

where I wanted warm colors to pop. 

I do adjust the Whites and Shadows sliders to taste on each image.

If you want blue sky, 

well, you're going to have to add that yourself. 

Click here for the free download.

(It will likely work in LR4 as well.) 

Come along....The Party's Here! 

And be sure to Get Social.  I love bumping into my friends in cyberspace too!