The key to good photography, according to world-class photographer Joe McNally, is to "find some good light and shoot something in it." Good light is great, but it doesn't always occur when and where we need it. That was tough luck in eras past, but now we have the tools to create good (or at least better) light in photos that lack it.
Christian Möhrle is an expert in using the masking tools in Adobe Lightroom to achieve just that, so check out what he can do with two ordinary bird photos here:
