Some quick Lightroom CC tips when trying to edit or improve older pics from the 1960s - 1990s
#1: Be careful with color boosting. It's very easy to push Vibrance/Saturation up and overwhelm to the point of losing detail. You're not gonna be making these HDR level images.
#2: Use your eyes to judge Temperature/Tint. This helps set up the ideal white balance (I always start with this after checking 'Remove Chromatic Abberation') and quickly lets you get a feel for how hard to adjust the rest of the sliders.
#3: Ignore the 'Contrast' slider until the end. Only use if your image looks a little flat. If you edit the image properly, the Highlights/Shadows/Whites/Blacks give you enough control & power over the contrast of the image.
#4: Don't over-do the 'Clarity' slider - See #1. I usually boost it no more than 20-30 and that's largely to bring out the detail in background people. Even then, I don't ordinarily like going that high and prefer to settle around +5 - +8 range if boosting.
#5: Play around with 'Shadow' and 'Black' sliders. There's a fine line between bringing out detail and making an image look flat/losing the contrast as a result.
An old 70's pic of Bradshaw against the Dallas Cowboys


And a Barry Bonds swing from his Pirates days against the Chicago Cubs

