Back from my vacation...

Hello Raw,

I'm still new to all this, i like your lanscape shots and in Raw too, but i'm having trouble accepting Raw because i get what looks like grainy unsharp shots but when i shoot in superfine they're great, you have in brackets "prosecced". Does this mean you had them sharpend and whatever alse it takes to get Raw shots looking their best or could it be my camera.

I've thought of the only best wat to test it is go to my local photoshop, take a shot outside and have it printed off their and then?????

I hope you can put my worries at rest,

Thanks.

Hey Manny,

I think I can help you with this matter...

RAW means the picture on the camera is just the way it is taken (not processed) so you can fix whatever you want at any level you wish and save it in tiff or jpeg, again the way you want...you decide what to do with it and not your camera processor. That's the magic of RAW, and not all the cameras are Raw capable.

So before you process it do some changes the way you want, of course you have to try and take the best shot you can. Usually when I process my RAWs I sharpen them and sometimes I do some noise reduction if there is something noticeable, I also play with white balance and photo effet (mostly custom), sometimes with the curve, play with everything in hand until i get the result I am satisfied with.( I use the camera bundled software...Zoombrowser​.

Please, If someone can help more and maybe correct me if im wrong, do so...I will be glad to learn what I didn't know or what I known wrong...

Regards, Artan.

P.S.

IainB, I have to go but I will reply to you later tonight...thanks for your comments.

IainB wrote:
Hi RAW and welcome back. We missed you! Where did you go? I'm sure I recognise the sunrise....well, at least the 'sun' part of the shot. Loved your short pictorial of the birds. A couple of the shots of birds flying are not so sharp - we've all got heaps of fuzzy shots too as they're so hard to get right. Good try.
I haven't read the comments of others - just snatching a few moments at the keyboard - so I may be repeating. The first shots of the birds are good. They tell a story. Try to get a third at least in the same 'frame'. Like beginning, middle, and end of a story. I like the beach shot, but the night ahot could have been cropped in to make the lighting the major attraction. Angel in the sand - well, that's magic. A little touch of levels in PS, a minor sharpen and bingo. It's a keeper in any form. Something I have been trying is not always positioning all of the subject in the frame. Part of a face for example still tells us that it is a face. The viewer's imagination completes the picture. In this way we can get close up and personal with many of our subjects - well, maybe not the birds... Anyway, I'm sure we all enjoy seeing each other's shots. And even someone who doesn't 'know' you like others do, welcomed you back! Now that's charisma!!!

Thanks for the wellcome , I really missed all of you guys and to tell you the truth I can't wait to come from work to see who I can help and get help with my problems.

I visited Ft Lauderdale, FL and I really enjoyed it. I didn't have the chance to visit a lot of tourist places because I wasn't alone and not so lucky with the few birds around . I agree with your comments about my pictures and thanks for your reply. I wished I had a third picture of the birds to complete the story but I don't , oh well...posting continues on the pic posting area... .

I like Charisma part... .

Regards,
Artan.

RAW wrote:
I like Charisma part... .

One might even say RAW charisma!.....

Many thanks for the advice RAW, so i gather it's a bit like working in a dark room but on the pc instead, ok then i'll have another go shooting in raw, but one more quistion for you, what sharpen percentage do you use? i use PS cs and PS-9 but i can only use PS cs because it will read the RAW files when installed the plugin.

Thanks.

Well depends what sharpening % the photo needs, I usually add 7% to 8% but again, add percentage until your eye is satisfied but don't overdo it. Cs is good, it has a build in Raw converter.

Regards,
Artan.