I had been frustrated trying to figure out a good photo editing tool to enhance my photos. I had been shooting in RAW but I wasn't getting a good result. I decided to dig in with Lightroom and finally figured it out after watching quite a few videos. Now I feel I can make enhancements with purpose rather than just moving sliders around willy-nilly hoping for a good result. Creating HDR images from bracketed shots is pretty amazing. I now fully appreciate what shooting in RAW allows you to do in post processing.
I thought I'd share my excitement here with some of my favorite shots so far. The corn maze shot has gotten a really good response here locally.
This is a corn maze from a local farm. I wasn't expecting it and stumbled upon it as I was flying around the farm.
![Donaldsons Farm Corn Maze_Small.png Donaldsons Farm Corn Maze_Small.png](https://mavicpilots.com/data/attachments/153/153401-e16fa97df17eedac3378c23b74b726ad.jpg)
This shot I got by happenstance as I flew up the side of the mountain behind my house. The setting sun caught some of the trees but not others. I wish I could say I purposely tried to get the motion blur of the cars
.![Route 46 Overhead_small.png Route 46 Overhead_small.png](https://mavicpilots.com/data/attachments/153/153402-695a7522270144ac6542852e402da044.jpg)
While on vacation there was a really great sunset in Edenton NC. I positioned my drone to get the sun in the top of the lighthouse. The shot was a mess regarding exposure but Lightroom let me bring it to life and give it some pop.
![Edenton Lighthouse.png Edenton Lighthouse.png](https://mavicpilots.com/data/attachments/153/153399-c16fbfb909b3b400fe8c5c46498d921a.jpg)
This last one I have a love/hate relationship with. It's washed out looking to me with the light of the sunset casting a haze over the entire image. I really like the sun flares in the lens and how looking at it makes you want to squint even though you are just looking at an image.
![Neighborhood Sunset.png Neighborhood Sunset.png](https://mavicpilots.com/data/attachments/153/153400-c8fe081ed217323169b39141ffa5a5e5.jpg)
I thought I'd share my excitement here with some of my favorite shots so far. The corn maze shot has gotten a really good response here locally.
This is a corn maze from a local farm. I wasn't expecting it and stumbled upon it as I was flying around the farm.
![Donaldsons Farm Corn Maze_Small.png Donaldsons Farm Corn Maze_Small.png](https://mavicpilots.com/data/attachments/153/153401-e16fa97df17eedac3378c23b74b726ad.jpg)
This shot I got by happenstance as I flew up the side of the mountain behind my house. The setting sun caught some of the trees but not others. I wish I could say I purposely tried to get the motion blur of the cars
![Route 46 Overhead_small.png Route 46 Overhead_small.png](https://mavicpilots.com/data/attachments/153/153402-695a7522270144ac6542852e402da044.jpg)
While on vacation there was a really great sunset in Edenton NC. I positioned my drone to get the sun in the top of the lighthouse. The shot was a mess regarding exposure but Lightroom let me bring it to life and give it some pop.
![Edenton Lighthouse.png Edenton Lighthouse.png](https://mavicpilots.com/data/attachments/153/153399-c16fbfb909b3b400fe8c5c46498d921a.jpg)
This last one I have a love/hate relationship with. It's washed out looking to me with the light of the sunset casting a haze over the entire image. I really like the sun flares in the lens and how looking at it makes you want to squint even though you are just looking at an image.
![Neighborhood Sunset.png Neighborhood Sunset.png](https://mavicpilots.com/data/attachments/153/153400-c8fe081ed217323169b39141ffa5a5e5.jpg)
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