One of the most powerful tools in Adobe Lightroom is the ability to make “Local Adjustments”. This is done by masking the area you are going to change in the photo and can be visualized by turning on the “Show Selected Mask Overlay” by clicking in the checkbox in the tool bar at the bottom of the work window, or by simply pressing the “o” key.
By default the color of the mask is red which in many cases works just fine. If we wanted to mask only the sun in this image to add some more contrast, we could not see the mask very well due to the red color of the sun.
Be sure that the “Show Selected Mask Overlay” is turned then by pressing “Shift-o” on the keyboard we can change the color of the mask making it easier to see.
By changing to the green overlay color I can now see that I did not quite get the entire edges.
Each time you press the “Shift-o” you will change to the next color of mask, the four colors are Red, Green, White, and Black.
Great Places for Great Photos
Let me help you to find a great location for your next photography adventure. I will list many lesser-known destinations, as well as the famous "Icon Locations" for photography. I will provide photos (Lots of Photos), location information, consisting of what there is to photograph as well as other information about the destination. I will give costs, maps, directions, contact information, and other essential information for a successful photo trip. I will only post for locations that I have personally photographed to ensure a quality guide to great locations for photography. If you know of great places that are not posted, please send me the details, I may just decide that is a place I need to go!
Greg Disch is a freelance photographer located in Arkansas. Greg specializes in nature, scenic, wildlife, and other outdoor subjects in Arkansas and other areas of the country. Most of the images on this site are available for sale as prints, personal use, or rights managed stock photos.
Greg offers both classroom instruction and in the field hands on photographic workshops. Classroom sessions are normally held in Fort Smith Arkansas, but arrangements can be made to bring a class to your group.
All classes and workshops have small class sizes designed to provide an optimum student to instructor ratio, where you can get the personal attention, you need. Most classes and workshops are limited to a maximum of six participants and will be held with a minimum of only two.
If you are looking for a wonderful opportunity to get personal individual instruction, I do private workshops and classes at a location of your choice, whether doing a location photo shoot, coming to your home or business, traveling across the country on a road trip, or at my classroom. This is a fantastic way to learn digital workflow and be sure that your computer equipment is properly configured for optimum performance.
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