I love taking what I call “soft” landscape photos. The Leica is good at that; the Iphone tends to be too literal for me sometimes, and the photos can turn out colder than I want them to be. I was having this problem with the pictures I’ve been taking of the landscape just off of the farm. The foreground was too dark, and the sky too bright.

I took the image into Lightroom – I’m still taking some Lightroom lessons – and I was able to soften the photo (above) in the way I wished.

I brought up the white in the foreground to balance the photo between the top and bottom and then use the Soft Mist option, my favorite. I also softened the blue sky to balance against the snow.

The above photo is the softer one I wanted; the one below is the harsher one I started with. At first, the changes feel mile. But when you look at them for a while, it’s clear that they are two very different photographs. The softer, more nuanced photo is Leica’s specialty.

The Iphone 13 is a great everyday go-to picture.

People tell me Lightroom is easy to use but not, I suspect, for dyslexics. I’m sticking with it; I’m getting there. Thanks for coming along with me; I appreciate it.