I was searching a few photos in my Lightroom today and found a photo I took at Tomales Bay (near Point Reyes) in the spring of this year. It was a straight shot, nothing fancy, from hand-held position. I decided to process it.

Typically, it took me only a few seconds to finalize my retouching on each photo so it wasn't a big task. As I went through the process, I thought it might be useful to share some quick tips on how to achieve efficiency in post-processing.

So here's the video:

Below are different retouch versions the Magic Light Landscape Workflow Presets mentioned in the video. Let me know if you have a favorite one.

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