I truly enjoy these motifs, it's my kind of subject ...we do have very similar warehouses here in San Francisco and I 've visited them many times over .... sorry to hear about LR 4 snafus ...I'm still at 3 and happy since I only use LR as a base to start with , most of my main workflow is in CS5 ...cheers ;-) (here 's a sample from SF http://www.myfourthirds.com/document.php?id=61930 )

thanks DeeVee,

I suspect that most people will like the changes in LR4. None of my presets work. The dev module basic panel has been radically restructured. A learning curve, I wasn't able to reproduce some of my favorite recipes.

I can't decide if 4 is enough of an improvement. The book module is a waste of time, like the web and slideshow models and I haven't spotted anything else that is worth the upgrade price. And I prefer the sliders to show what ACR has done.

Mike,

I agree. LR in my world is a raw developer, I would prefer not to have all the other DAMn|n] features. Long term, having my images connected to a changing LR[2,3,4 ...x is a major hassle. A some point I need to export everything I intend to preserve into an archival format, Tiff or whatever.

Mike,

I should add, LR3 and LR4 allow you to choose the old processes. So you can make a virtual clone(s) on an image and develop it using two or more process frameworks and compare the results.

Good capture... I had the opportunity to visit many industries across North America and other parts of the world that looked just like this.. brings back many memories.

Thank you Robert. Glad you like it.

Another update on LR4 testing.

I see a very slight sharpening improvement between LR2.7 and LR3/4. The down side is increased luminance noise, so you need to crank in about 15-20 Lum noise reduction. The overall effect is a net gain in sharpness at 100% magnifications. For anything less than that you wouldn't see the difference. If already have LR3 then there isn't any improvement in LR4.

When I tested LR3 in 2010 (actually tested it three times about 20 days each time) I was put off by the increased luminance noise in my pseudo-HDR images. For normal development a luminance reduction of 15-20 at 400ISO works reasonably well with sharpening set at A50R1D40MO Clr15 Lum 15-20. But since I rarely do "normal" development, the golfball size grain in my pseudo-HDR images was enough to keep my from making the upgrade to LR3.