minniev wrote:
I always shoot RAW, since I first realized the additional potential these files have, and I always adjust my photos, usually in LR. So for this exercise I had to retrieve a day's photos from October when my OMD-EM5 had a mental breakdown and for that day would only shoot jpeg and could not be persuaded to do otherwise.
Here's 3 versions of the same photo shot in jpeg only
#1 - In-camera jpeg with default settings which in Olympus cameras do a pretty darned good job. However, there was fog, which diminished contrast, the combination of fog and shadow fooled the auto WB, and there wasn't enough detail in dark areas.
#2 - Above jpeg edited in LR with my normal LR preset to address lights/darks, contrast, clarity, then removed a couple of small distractions, adjusted WB, a couple of radial filters and sharpened.
#3 - Above jpeg edited in PS5 and NIK color efex . I wanted a more artsy version so cropped differently, added an Orton effect, more specific contrast adjustments, some color adjustments and some dodge/burn
I have no problem with anyone shooting with any camera, any settings, and any pp they prefer since that is what I do. But I enjoy the pp almost as much as taking photos, and that's where I really get to be more creative. And I cannot remember taking a photo that didn't benefit from a little something. Our cameras just don't see like our eyes do, and if I am to make a photo represent what I experienced, I need the pp tools to do it.
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I think this image is a perfect example of SOC perfect image. Let me explain my reason, to some people who don't use PP on there images this would be a perfect image SOC to them because it gives a true representation of what the day looked like to them, yes the fog makes that part of the image a little over exposed but if we were there our eye would not of seen it that way. So do you use a gradient filter on your lens to balance this image if you were shooting film I think you would to get the exposer right from the fog down. The second image shows what a person might have been able to get close to not attain but get close SOC with enough effort and care, but you couldn't get close to the third image without PP