LR treatment

Here is the shot before the treatment in Lightroom -

This is after the simple procedure -

I feel the after pic saturation and sharpening needs to be toned down a bit. The ND ending location needs to be tuned a bit. But it is definitely better than the before pic.

Here are the steps followed in develop mode for this change, in order –

1. Crop and straighten.
2. Set blacks.
3. Set the whites.
4. Recovery and fill light.
5. Adjust mid tones – using tone curve.
   o Use preset curves.
   o Use clarity to define mid tones.
6. Set color.
   o Set white balance.
   o Vibrance and saturation.
7. Sharpen.
8. Reduce noise.
9. Chromatic Aberration correction.
10. Edge burn using Vignette control.
11. Local adjustment using graduated filter and Adjustment brush.
12. HSL/ Color / Gray scale.