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Thought I would start a thread to post comparisons between RAW negatives and you're final processed image.
Sometimes the shot you get out of camera quite simply sucks, and it's amazing what a bit of PP can do to turn a bad or so so image into something worthy of showing.
To start off, this is a beach shot taken around sunset without the use of any ND filters. There is no warmth to the image, it's both overexposed in the sky and under in the rocks. There is also significant barrel distortion from the 17mm end of my lens.
In ACR I fixed the exposure as best I could bringing back a bit of detail by using the "Fill Light" slider and adding a grad filter for the sky. Also fixed distortion and any visible CA. In Photoshop with the use of a few colour sliders I began to bring a bit of warmth to the image whilst keeping the sea a cool blue. Finally (bit overboard) added a gradual lens blur to retain focus on the shore/rock foreground.
EDIT: sorry this web image is so blurred. Original is pin sharp but you get an idea of it!
Sometimes the shot you get out of camera quite simply sucks, and it's amazing what a bit of PP can do to turn a bad or so so image into something worthy of showing.
To start off, this is a beach shot taken around sunset without the use of any ND filters. There is no warmth to the image, it's both overexposed in the sky and under in the rocks. There is also significant barrel distortion from the 17mm end of my lens.
In ACR I fixed the exposure as best I could bringing back a bit of detail by using the "Fill Light" slider and adding a grad filter for the sky. Also fixed distortion and any visible CA. In Photoshop with the use of a few colour sliders I began to bring a bit of warmth to the image whilst keeping the sea a cool blue. Finally (bit overboard) added a gradual lens blur to retain focus on the shore/rock foreground.
EDIT: sorry this web image is so blurred. Original is pin sharp but you get an idea of it!