Show Us Your RAW Conversions, BEFORE And AFTER

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Tony
Two Canon cameras (5DC, 30D), three Canon lenses (24-105, 100-400, 100mm macro)
Tony Long Photos on PBase
Wildlife project pics here, Biking Photog shoots here, "Suburbia" project here! Mount St. Helens, Mount Hood pics here

This was a test shot where I was trying to set my exposure.

Before: Opened in PSE7 ACR

WB
Temp: 5500
Tint: +10
Exp: 0
Recovery: 0
fill: 0
black 5
Bright: 50
Contrast: +25
Clarity: 0
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0


After: Just pressed Auto in RAW

WB
Temp: 5500
Tint: +10
Exp: -0.60
Recovery: 19
fill: 0
black 19
Bright: 0
Contrast: +24
Clarity: 0
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0

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Here is a recent one from using only Aperture 3 to simulate fall colours:

Original:

HTTP response: NOT FOUND | MIME changed to 'image/gif' | Redirected to error image by FLICKR

Final:

HTTP response: NOT FOUND | MIME changed to 'image/gif' | Redirected to error image by FLICKR

Aperture 3 settings - plus I used Boarder FX to export to add the frame and logo:

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Canon Speedlites 580 EX, 430 EX II & 3 PW II, iMac I7, MacBook Pro, Aperture 3, CS5

Tony
Two Canon cameras (5DC, 30D), three Canon lenses (24-105, 100-400, 100mm macro)
Tony Long Photos on PBase
Wildlife project pics here, Biking Photog shoots here, "Suburbia" project here! Mount St. Helens, Mount Hood pics here

Just messing around a little...

HTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'image/gif' | Byte size: ZERO | PHOTOBUCKET ERROR IMAGE

HTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'image/gif' | Byte size: ZERO | PHOTOBUCKET ERROR IMAGE

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sf1 wrote in post #11077942
Here is a recent one from using only Aperture 3 to simulate fall colours:

Original:

HTTP response: NOT FOUND | MIME changed to 'image/gif' | Redirected to error image by FLICKR

Final:

HTTP response: NOT FOUND | MIME changed to 'image/gif' | Redirected to error image by FLICKR

Aperture 3 settings - plus I used Boarder FX to export to add the frame and logo:

This is an awesome trick. Glad I still check this thread.

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Tony
Two Canon cameras (5DC, 30D), three Canon lenses (24-105, 100-400, 100mm macro)
Tony Long Photos on PBase
Wildlife project pics here, Biking Photog shoots here, "Suburbia" project here! Mount St. Helens, Mount Hood pics here

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The things you do for yourself die with you, the things you do for others live forever.
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Tony
Two Canon cameras (5DC, 30D), three Canon lenses (24-105, 100-400, 100mm macro)
Tony Long Photos on PBase
Wildlife project pics here, Biking Photog shoots here, "Suburbia" project here! Mount St. Helens, Mount Hood pics here

Before:

HTTP response: NOT FOUND | MIME changed to 'image/gif' | Redirected to error image by FLICKR

Lightroom trickery:

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The final product:

HTTP response: NOT FOUND | MIME changed to 'image/gif' | Redirected to error image by FLICKR

This snap was grabbed as I tested out my new wireless flash trigger (540EZ low camera right 1/128 power, some tiny amount of window light filling from camera left). I had to be a bit heavy-handed with the editing as the 18-55 kit lens doesn't lend itself too easily to subtle post-production

After making exposure/white balance/cropping adjustments the main edits I made were curves and clarity to make things pop a little. Backed off a little on the saturation/vibrance to counter the stronger effects of the tone curve. Finally used some brush adjustments on the eyes and added vignetting.

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Tony
Two Canon cameras (5DC, 30D), three Canon lenses (24-105, 100-400, 100mm macro)
Tony Long Photos on PBase
Wildlife project pics here, Biking Photog shoots here, "Suburbia" project here! Mount St. Helens, Mount Hood pics here

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sf1 wrote in post #11077942
Here is a recent one from using only Aperture 3 to simulate fall colours:

Original:

HTTP response: NOT FOUND | MIME changed to 'image/gif' | Redirected to error image by FLICKR

That looks so bizarre. Because of that 'curb' in the foreground, it makes the subjects look about 6" tall....they also don't look part of the larger image..like they were dropped in it.

Leprechauns?

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