Need help my PP is pants

[Bobmatt]

I use Lightroom 4 but seem to be struggling to get decent results, this is my attempt with a shot from yesterday-


Lancasters over Dunsfold by bobmatt1, on Flickr

I have put he RAW file in this link and wonder if what i have got is the best or should i be doing better

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/699rz99tz8urnl5/AABK7eryKmgjOWN6-vPZCQTSa?dl=0

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[4wd]

With Lightroom only, it will always be a struggle against a bright sky.

With photoshop I ended up with something different

 

[Bobmatt]

Colin - Many thanks for that, it's a vast improvement on my attempt, I have CS5 so will have to have a play around.

 

[Pookeyhead]

You'll need a great deal of highlight recovery for a shot against a bright sky like that.

That also had some shadow recover to bring out detail in the underside of the fuselage, and then some burning in on the clouds using a grey layer in PS.

 

[Whippet]

You could always use an adjustment brush with some blue colour at low opacity once you've recovered as much detail as you can. I've had some success in LR when my sky is lacking in colour.

 

[Pookeyhead]

But it's not a blue sky. Why make it blue? Clouds are not blue.

 

[Bobmatt]

Taken all your comments on board and hopefully have improved on the original post-


Dunsfold-IMG_030620140823sml by bobmatt1, on Flickr


Any more comments and advice very much appreciated.