Playing with New Camera and ACR: My wife gave me Christmas with my birthday last month - a new D5200 with 18-55 and 55-300 lens kit. So many new things to learn, so little time. Took...

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Dec 6, 2013 10:18:08 #

Picdude Loc: Ohio

My wife gave me Christmas with my birthday last month - a new D5200 with 18-55 and 55-300 lens kit. So many new things to learn, so little time.

Took some pictures on a very foggy and chilly morning. The water does have a thin film of ice on top in places. These images are 3 renditions of the same capture that I worked on in Adobe Camera RAW in CS6. In the Neutral picture I changed contrast and exposure slightly. Would like to hear comments, likes, dislikes, etc.

Neutral Adjustments

Warm Adjustments

Cool Adjustments

Dec 6, 2013 10:23:14 #

John Lawrence

First of all, congratulations on having a great wife and a great camera. It's a very nice shot made special with the fog. I like #1 the best followed by #2 but they're all good. Have fun.

John

Dec 6, 2013 10:25:08 #

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

From a photographic point of view, the first picture hands down!

Artistically speaking, the third comes close to the first.

Nice image!

Dec 6, 2013 10:28:35 #

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

For me, the third photo's revision captured the atmosphere of the moment best.

Dec 6, 2013 10:39:02 #

Bloke Loc: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

CHOLLY wrote:

From a photographic point of view, the first picture hands down!

Artistically speaking, the third comes close to the first.

Nice image!

Yeah, that would be my order... 1, then 3, with 2 a long way behind. The first one is really good.

Dec 6, 2013 12:47:29 #

Picdude Loc: Ohio

John Lawrence wrote:

First of all, congratulations on having a great wife and a great camera. It's a very nice shot made special with the fog. I like #1 the best followed by #2 but they're all good. Have fun.

John

Thanks John, she is pretty great (the wife :) ). I lean towards #3 myself but just can't escape the appeal of the warmed up version.

Dec 6, 2013 12:48:34 #

Dave_TX

It's #1 all of the way for me. I prefer the naturalistic view over the colored views.

Dec 6, 2013 12:50:56 #

Billybuzz Loc: Whiteford, MD

I agree with the #1, #3, then #2. The first comes very close to B&W photo.

Dec 6, 2013 12:55:32 #

Picdude Loc: Ohio

CHOLLY wrote:

From a photographic point of view, the first picture hands down!

Artistically speaking, the third comes close to the first.

Nice image!

Thanks for checking them out CHOLLY. I like the artistic twist sometimes as much as a finished original look.

Dec 6, 2013 12:57:35 #

Picdude Loc: Ohio

Bloke wrote:

Yeah, that would be my order... 1, then 3, with 2 a long way behind. The first one is really good.

Thanks for looking Bloke. This seems to be the trend. I myself lean to 3, 1, 2 but appreciate all opinions.

Dec 6, 2013 13:02:12 #

Picdude Loc: Ohio

Dave_TX wrote:

It's #1 all of the way for me. I prefer the naturalistic view over the colored views.

Thanks for looking and commenting Dave. I like the way the original shot came out but couldn't help taking it to the limits once I started :).

Dec 6, 2013 13:06:32 #

Picdude Loc: Ohio

Billybuzz wrote:

I agree with the #1, #3, then #2. The first comes very close to B&W photo.

Thanks Billy. I like a good foggy picture (and got several of them that morning), but I think the reason I started playing with the toning is because it was so close to B&W. I saw a little more natural color in some of my other shots as the sun got brighter.

Dec 7, 2013 12:44:04 #