Day 20- Synchronicity

Last night Lonnie and I went out for our traditional cold cure, hot and sour soup, at our local Chinese restaurant.  This morning I saw that the Flickr group daily challenge topic is Oriental. I didn’t have to think too hard for this one- and, by the way, I don’t have a cold!

f/2, 1/400, ISO 640, 35mm

This photo was edited with Lightroom 4 Beta, which I downloaded as a comparison to Aperture 3.  I edited this photo in both programs as a comparison- and the two versions came out about the same. I am somewhat familiar with the interface, because it is so similar to Camera Raw in Photoshop, and I find it somewhat clunky for me to work with at this point.  The sliders seem less sensitive somehow, and I haven’t figured out how to click off adjustments like in Aperture and Photoshop- or to be able to see the master image for that matter.  I am impressed with the sharpening and watermarking capabilities- and like the adjustment brush and presets too. I am interested in Lightroom mainly for its touted noise reduction- and plan on using it with some of my noisier images.  The beta version is active until March 31, so I have until then to decide if I want to make the switch someday.