{"id":10005,"date":"2017-12-04T12:05:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T12:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10005"},"modified":"2017-12-04T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T12:05:06","slug":"make-soft-dreamy-black-white-waterfall-photograph-lightroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/make-soft-dreamy-black-white-waterfall-photograph-lightroom","title":{"rendered":"How to make a soft, dreamy, black and white waterfall photograph in LIGHTROOM"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Using LIGHTROOM to make a dreamy waterfall<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a shot from a recent workshop at Swaldale\u00a0&#8211; it&#8217;s Crackpot Force, yes, that&#8217;s really a thing!<\/p>\n<p>The shot was underexposed, but I liked the shape &#8211; so gave it a go in Lightroom anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Things we explain:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>black and white conversion<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>basic controls like Highlights, Whites, Shadows\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Clarity for a soft look<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>vignetting<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>cropping<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>sharpening<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Kit Used<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Canon 5D Mark 4<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tidd.ly\/5e6648d7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wexphotovideo.com\/globalassets\/product-images\/1605000\/1605233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Canon 70-200 F2.8 L<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tidd.ly\/7af58a36\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wexphotovideo.com\/globalassets\/product-images\/1518000\/1518838.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video above shows what steps we did &#8211; and this is the before and after&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10008 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade-2-33x50.jpg 33w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10007 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade-33x50.jpg 33w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using LIGHTROOM to make a dreamy waterfall Here&#8217;s a shot from a recent workshop at Swaldale\u00a0&#8211; it&#8217;s Crackpot Force, yes, that&#8217;s really a thing! The shot was underexposed, but I liked the shape &#8211; so gave it a go in Lightroom anyway. Things we explain:- black and white conversion basic controls like Highlights, Whites, Shadows\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_22977785_22977785":"","facebook_10157410341118549_123005067715685":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,54,9,14,30,311],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-landscapes","category-lightroom","category-photography","category-tips","category-training","category-video-tutorials","post_format-post-format-video"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade.jpg",500,750,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade-200x300.jpg",200,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade.jpg",500,750,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade.jpg",500,750,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade.jpg",500,750,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/103-swaledale-waterfall-workshop-2017_12_02-by-mcfade.jpg",500,750,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"McFade","author_link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/author\/admin"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Using LIGHTROOM to make a dreamy waterfall Here&#8217;s a shot from a recent workshop at Swaldale\u00a0&#8211; 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Things we explain:- black and white conversion basic controls like Highlights, Whites, Shadows\u00a0&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10005"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10009,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10005\/revisions\/10009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}