Adobe Lightroom Beach landscape with people. Before & After

by Andrew Smith January 09, 2011 1 Comment

This image really helps describe the vast beauty New Zealand has to offer. As with the previous post this image was taken high above the beach from a cliff top. You get a real sense of scale with this image, the people help give a reference point to show how vast and empty the beach is. The Lightroom processing in this image was pretty simple, I boosted both the saturation and vibrancy adjustments, and then added some shape to the image with gradient filters. The gradient filters have lighten the foreground and created a nice glow around the people below. This helps focus your eyes and stops the image becoming too flat. For all you surfers out there, yes New Zealand has some amazing beaches.

After Processing

Before Processing

Andrew Smith

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I am a Creative Director living and working in New Zealand, I have a special interest in travel and landscape photography, I also produce presets for Adobe Lightroom.

1 Response

Helen

April 08, 2013

Hello Andrew,

I’m Helen, a magazine editor from the Brand Union Co.,Ltd.

Things are this way, our magazine has a column which named_Landscape Photography, we will collect the gorgeous works from excellent photographers all over the world. We have seen your works on the internet, and have been deeply impressed by them. Such as the [Bench Landscape].

We are especially interested in your works which are in perfect match with our theme. So, we wonder whether you could send them to us for publishing. We just need five pictures.

I will attach the front pdf of our magazine, please download it.

It will be our great honor to cooperate with you. We’re sincerely looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you for your time.

Best Regards,
Helen
Editorial Department

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