What signature techniques does Scott Kivowitz use to enhance his landscape photography in Lightroom?

Scott leans heavily on thoughtful, restrained post-processing rather than flashy effects, and a lot of that happens in Lightroom.

From the examples you saw:

• He uses Lightroom’s Develop sliders (especially in newer versions) to recover skies and balance exposure, often from a single well-exposed frame even if he bracketed the scene.
• He prefers local adjustments over global ones (brush, gradients, radial filter) to bring out detail only where it matters, leaving other areas more natural.
• He dials in cropping and composition refinement in Lightroom before moving to plug‑ins for final creative effects or selective blur.

Is there a specific kind of landscape look you want to achieve (dreamy, dramatic, high contrast, etc.)?