Random bits...

I was going back though some older images to find ones to play with and found these. When I took them I had every intention of seeing what I could do with them in Lightroom. Some took more work than others.

The one above is a grate at the World War II memorial in DC. I just thought it was cool the star in the star in the metal. This didn't take much work as it was already pretty aged and interesting. I just adjusted the contrast and color to make it pop a little more.

The flags above didn't get much either. Just a little darkening around the edge to pull your eye to the center and a bit of sharpening. These are around the Washington Monument.

Now this guy I had all kinds of fun with. My nephew K loves (LOVES!!!) trains. Any kind of train, it doesn't matter so when we took him on the Metro he was in heaven. Now, the light was pretty harsh on his little face but a little toying with the exposure and a nice antique filter turned this otherwise blown out picture into something interesting.

I'm starting to get the hang of Lightroom I think. But then again, just as I get comfortable, I find a tutorial on something else that I want to try and then have to go find a picture to try it on!