Adjust the highlight slider until the highlights are slightly below your personal preference

(For maximum dynamic range set the slider to -100)

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Adjust the exposure slider until the photo looks slightly underexposed

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Adjust the shadows slider until the shadows are slightly above your personal preference

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Adjust the whites slider to match your personal preference

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Adjust the blacks slider to match your personal preference

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Adjust the temperature slider to match your personal preference

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Adjust the tint slider to match your personal preference

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Adjust the hues in the color tab to match your personal preference

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Fix anything in the photo you feel needs to be corrected

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Export

Select the newly added graduated filter

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If necessary adjust the angle of the graduated filter until it runs parallel with the top of the photo

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Adjust the top line until it’s level with the top of the photo

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Adjust the bottom line until it’s level with the lowest visible point of the sky

(This would be the horizon if you can see the entire sky)

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Export

Please continue reading if the graduated filter is adding unwanted color to an object obstructing the sky

Lightroom Classic

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With the graduated filter selected, select “Luminance” in the range mask

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Check the box labeled “show luminance mask”

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Adjust the left point on the range slider until the object is no longer being affected

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Export

Lightroom

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With the graduated filter selected, select the eraser tool

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Erase the area that’s affecting the object

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Export

Select the newly added radial filter

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Move the radial filter until the center is directly over the sun in the photo

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Adjust the size and shape of the radial filter to match your personal preference

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Adjust the exposure of the radial filter to match your personal preference

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Export