FiddleMaker wrote:
My concern is only with the marsh grass in the foreground of the attached images.
Image #1 is a JPEG from my Fuji X-T2 but this image has been slightly edited using the abbreviated photo editor that comes with Windows10. I used the Enhancement feature with the slider set to a default value of 50.
Image #2 is a Raw(RAF) file from the X-T2 that has been processed with Lightroom Classic CC that I just subscribed to a few days ago.
Why does the marsh grass in Image #1 look so much more realistic than the same grass in Image #2 ? Note how sharp and clear the blades of grass appear in Image #1.
Image #3 is a JPEG straight-out-of-camera, no editing but a tad under exposed.
The overall sharpness is far better with Image #1 using the Windows10 photo editor but I would have expected the same sharpness from Lr Classic CC but that is clearly not the case. I do have the option of editing in Photoshop but I know nothing (yet) about working with Ps.
Does anyone have any ideas as to why I am seeing such a huge difference in the sharpness quality of the 2 images in question ?
I may have to return to this same marsh area this fall and repeat this session using my D750 and then compare the results from the 2 cameras.
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It turned out that this perceived losss in sharpness in Image #2 had a lot to due with the final resolution as pointed out by a couple of UHH members. The resolution was much less than that of Image #1. I did retrieve a backup of this same image on one of my external hard drives and reprocessed it with much better success making note of the image dimensions upon export from Lightroom. Also, I think I have a bad [Alt] as I found out that I could not make the proper white and black slider adjustments which require depressing the [Alt] key while using the mouse to move the slider. Swapped out the defective keyboard with another one which works fine, so far. ~FiddleMaker