In our lessons, we used Adobe Lightroom to edit and enhance our photos from Crystal Palace. As I have never used this programme before, I began experimenting with all the different ways I was able to edit my photos. (To enlarge photos, click on them.)
This is the first photo that I edited. I changed the whiteness of the photo, and made it -100, but then I increased the 'vibrance' to +100, to even out the colouring of the photo. I also brought down the saturation level, to -71. Compared to the original photo, the viewer can tell that it has had enhancement work done to it. The leaves are a more vibrant green, and they areas of blue sky are more highlighted. Also, the background trees are a darker green, resulting from the increase of vibrancy. To the right I have print screened the page from Lightroom to show what I have done to it. 
In this photo, I have brought up the white colours to make it look as if there is no sky. I have also done this so the audience are more focused on the reflection and the trees that are situated on the horizon line. Again, I have taken down the saturation (-57), so as to give the no colour look. I like this because I feel like the audience are more drawn to the trees which stretch right across the centre of the photo. I did put the 'vibrance' level up to 24, so as to not get rid of the colours completely. This amount of 'vibrance' gives the photo some colour but still has the limitations of the saturation. I also subtracted the 'highlights', bringing it down to -100, and I subtracted the shadows, making it -38. I did this so as to have less black in the photo and more bright, neutral colours. The resulting effect of all these edits is that of neutral colours. To the right you can see the histogram in the corner showing what the camera was set to; ISO 420, f/29, 1/60 secs.
For this picture, I have very clearly increased the 'vibrance' (to +31), but I have also increased the 'clarity' (to +19). This is why all the colours are very bright and bold. I have also increased the 'shadows' level (to +100), and this can be seen because under the trees the trunks are black. I also tried using the Tone Curve. This allowed me to have control of specific areas of the photo.
Compared to the above edits, this is probably the one that most people would be able to tell has been edited. I have enhanced the 'vibrance' and the 'clarity' to both about +50, making the green of the grass stand out. I wanted to highlight the first bench, which is why I darkened the trees in the background, which I did by increasing the 'shadows' amount. The histogram shows how I has the aperture on low so I could have a large depth of field.
I have increased the blue colours in this photo because in the original there was barely any sky, and I didn't want there to just be the white clouds. The grass is more vibrant but the trees in the background are darker. The histogram shows I had the camera on a low aperture for a large depth of field, which I think has been shown clearly in this photo.
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