RAW Power...

By lunartide
•4
written 8/14/08 6:20 AM, published 8/14/08 6:20 AM

Or, the power of shooting RAW.

 

  • Exhibit A.  The raw image.
  • Exhibit B.  The aspens after not too much effort in CS3 RAW.

 

I think I'll keep it.


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  • duneshot
    •3
    8/14/08 6:26 AM

    Amazing isn't it what can be done. Beautiful photo and thanks for the comparison.

     

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  • The Old Guy
    •3
    8/14/08 7:17 AM

    I have recently started shooting everything in RAW. Have to get more cards and a bigger external drive. RAW can even be adjusted in a simple little freebie, Picassa and the saved product becomes JPG while nothing happens to the RAW.

    By the way, Aspens is really nice.

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  • obvious troll
    •3
    8/14/08 8:12 AM

    What did you use to convert the raw photo?

    iPhoto has a built-in converter that you can't adjust. The software that came with my camera, ViewNX, is just bizarre. It seems to let me tweek the photo all I want, but it won't let me save the changes!

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  • Penny
    •7
    8/14/08 8:19 AM

    Great examples

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  • Birdie
    •5
    8/14/08 8:44 AM

    OT, you must be missing the step where to change the one you "fixed" to jpeg, the raw file stays forever unless you delete it. That way you can go back and change it over and over. Like a film negative. In lightroom you have to export it to a file and then go get it from there.

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  • Birdie
    •5
    8/14/08 8:47 AM

    Sorry Lunartide, I wanted to comment on the images as well but things went kaplowie

     

    This is a great example of the power of RAW

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  • lunartide
    •4
    8/14/08 9:52 AM

    I use Camera Raw in CS3, both in Bridge, and in Photoshop.

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  • fishone0
    •3
    8/14/08 2:22 PM

    Never shot in raw. Going to have to try it. What a difference.

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  • pcwilson
    •3
    8/14/08 9:18 PM

    Since I'm barely out of shooting everything on Automatic, I can't really appreciate what you've done - but the second photo is beautiful.  Some day...

    --Pat

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  • MRQUACKERS
    •7
    8/14/08 11:36 PM

    Wonderful comparison.  Love the finnished product.

    - A quack with an camera

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  • enigmaticfaerie
    •6
    8/15/08 8:10 AM

    Very excellent examples of the power of RAW and you did a fantastic job composing and developing the image.

    - Film-Junkie 4 Life!

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