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In my first LR Virtual Copy post, I referred to the possibility to editing for mood / weather. I want to show an example with one of my images.

First, I edited the original. When I was satisfied with it, I made a virtual copy of it.

Then, I gently pulled the clarity slider to the left in this copy to give more the effect of the wind I experienced while taking the photo. I feel it also enhances the windblown grasses.

Finally, I selected both copies in LR, under the drop down menu ‘Photo’, is ‘edit in’. I chose edit in CS4 as layers. This means both copies will be opened in CS4 where I then combined them into one image. The original edit was layer 1, the edited virtuI copy layer 2. I erased the sandhill cranes in the front to show the sharp birds from layer 1. After being done with the composit, I saved the new image back into the folder in LR where the copies had come from.

I have a tendency to sometimes play around with an image to see what happens if …. In one of these instances, I discovered a cool application of the Clarity slider. Here is an image that I edited in my usual way:

The setting for the Clarity Slider is +92 on the above image. When playing with the Clarity slider, moving it to -60, I found this image:There are several effects the Clarity Slider has in the negative region: It can bring a glow to an image, like in the above. It can create a very dreamy appearance. Moving is just a tad into the negative area, it enhances the skin tone in portraits, smoothing it out.

Play around with it for yourself and have fun with the discoveries.