May 3rd, 2026
This post should actually be titled “A Final Post On Moab”, or maybe “I Promise I’ll Improve” since I’m still flailing around with Adobe Lightroom. I’ve made some improvements to my computer setup, and now have a 8TB hard drive for storing photo images, and I’m using that as the permanent source for Adobe processing. As my father-in-law used to say, I’m getting organized. I’ve moved all the files from my travels to this drive, and have begun the process of filtering through them using LIghtroom, starting with the Arches/Astrophotography trip.
Adobe products have always been feature rich but very complex, and Lightroom Classic follows that path. It’s a wonderful product but it does rely on first understanding how to use the application, and having some artistic/creative capabilities for creating images that others might enjoy. Well, once upon a time (high school), I had artistic aspirations, which quickly faded after a few art classes. I have a creative streak, but it never quite made the brain-to-canvas transfer. I sadly switched my career goals to journalism/creative writing – that lasted for one semester in undergraduate school. My first semester English professor did not appreciate my warped sense of humor. Hmmm…I’m off track again. Where was I?
Unfortunately, photography requires some of the same creative skills which I seem to be lacking in, both in basic composition, and as I’ve now discovered, in post processing. But, I’m giving it a go anyway. I really enjoy this as my hobby, and can whittle away hours messing around with Adobe. And best of all, you don’t have to clean up paint brushes afterwards.
So, here’s what I’ve got from my post-processing of the Milky Way and starry night shots from Arches. I’ve posted a few of these before. I’ve also added a few lightly curated landscape shots as well.
Landscape/Daylight
Milky Way
Stars
The Traveling Widower 