The top of the monument is being impacted by the filter, and I want to erase that part out so it’s not impacted. After applying this preset and lining up the pin, I still have one step to do. Landscape Legend includes several different presets like this to replicate the effect of a graduated neutral density filter. So that means everything above the top line will have the exposure impacted by -0.50, and from the centerline to the top line, it will be a gradual transition.
In this case, I want to darken the sky by half a stop, so I’ll set the exposure on the filter to -0.50. If I wanted the transition to be softer or more gradual I could increase the distance between the center line and the outer lines. The area between the center line and the top line (indicated by the white arrow) will be a gradual transition. The area above the top line (indicated by the yellow arrow below) will be completely impacted by the settings I use in the graduated filter. When I added this filter to the photo I dragged down with my mouse, so the filter will be impacting the top of the photo. This sunrise photo has a bright sky and could be improved by using a graduated filter in Lightroom to darken the sky without impacting the foreground, which is already pretty dark. For example, if the sky is much brighter than the dark shadows of the foreground. Graduated neutral density filters are often used to prevent the highlights in a sky from being blown out. Probably the most basic use of the graduated filter is to replicate the effect of using a graduated neutral density filter in the field. If you don’t have the presets you can still do these things manually, it’s just not as quick as it would be with the help of the presets. Landscape Legend includes graduated filter presets that allow you to do all of the things shown in this article. If you want to make the process even easier you can pick up our Landscape Legend Lightroom Presets.
You’ll find that it becomes a very important part of your workflow for processing landscape photos. The more you use it, the more comfortable you will get with the tool. There are a lot of different ways that you can use the graduated filter.
With the help of the graduated filter, you can make selective adjustments that impact only the parts of the photo that you want to impact, without impacting the other parts to you want to leave untouched. Lightroom’s graduated filter is an incredibly powerful tool for landscape and nature photographers. HDR Hero Lightroom Presets: Get amazing HDR effects instantly with any photo! On Sale Now! 7 Simple Ways to Improve Landscape Photos with Lightroom’s Graduated Filter
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In this video, Simon Plant demonstrates how to brush out certain parts of the graduated filter to get this customized effect. The end result is a much more natural look, rather than being very obvious that you used the filter. Related video: How to Use Lightroom’s Graduated Filterįortunately, in Lightroom, it is very possible to customize the effects of a graduated filter so that it only impacts the right parts of your photos. Also, the horizon is rarely perfectly straight. If you are using a graduated filter to darken the sky you will wind up darkening everything above the horizon, including things like trees that you may not want to darken. For example, there will often be trees, mountains, cliffs, or even man-made structures that jut into the sky in your photos. The problem with the graduated filter, or even a graduated neutral density filter attached to your lens, is that the gradient is totally linear, and the subjects of your landscape photos will very rarely involve only straight lines.
It’s common to have a scene where the sky is much lighter/brighter than a dark foreground, and Lightroom’s graduated filter can really make a big difference by balancing out that exposure. You can use this tool in a similar way that you would use a graduated neutral density filter on a lens, to balance out the exposure of the image. The graduated filter tool in Lightroom is extremely useful for landscape and nature photography.
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