gogopix
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Thanks to all. Leaving out the going in biases (richer color, more, less 3D look etc) I am surprised that the raw shows better than the LR 'defaults" (remmeber tha's what I did.
Yes, I suppose there was a slight over exposure, but with the available DR (and the extra detail by 'exposing to the right" I see that the more important result is the better detail. David's looks the most natural, Roger's and marc's more interesting. Mark's in the middle. In Guy's shot, I think it isn't oversharpening that is bottering me, but the heavy mascara! (on the girls, that is.)
Bottom line here (and this makes it twice in 2 days! :ROTFL: ) I have to agree with Guy that the data are there, and that the initial raw processing is what will drop the exposure in a way to preserve the DR for final 8-10 bit printing from going in 14-16 bits.
That said, my mistake was to 'trust' LR AUTO defaults - they just mess things up out of the box. Need to do WB (and yes, I have a passport but not for this shot) and then make the exposure/fill/recovery manually. The LR auto just over does it and then it is too late. Again this is where a raw is needed.
NOW, I am surprised LR doesnt use the best and latest ACR. DNG is, after all, Adobe's baby. If they cannot handle DNG files, what he hell!
Anyway, thx again. The S2 is no Phase--thank goodness! If it were I wouldn't see the option. It\\S2 has a way to go, but may yet be in my future, but more because "if you can't carry the camera, you'll not get the shoot":lecture: It was very easy to use. (Now how about a brighter top lcd?....)
Thx again all
Victor
Yes, I suppose there was a slight over exposure, but with the available DR (and the extra detail by 'exposing to the right" I see that the more important result is the better detail. David's looks the most natural, Roger's and marc's more interesting. Mark's in the middle. In Guy's shot, I think it isn't oversharpening that is bottering me, but the heavy mascara! (on the girls, that is.)
Bottom line here (and this makes it twice in 2 days! :ROTFL: ) I have to agree with Guy that the data are there, and that the initial raw processing is what will drop the exposure in a way to preserve the DR for final 8-10 bit printing from going in 14-16 bits.
That said, my mistake was to 'trust' LR AUTO defaults - they just mess things up out of the box. Need to do WB (and yes, I have a passport but not for this shot) and then make the exposure/fill/recovery manually. The LR auto just over does it and then it is too late. Again this is where a raw is needed.
NOW, I am surprised LR doesnt use the best and latest ACR. DNG is, after all, Adobe's baby. If they cannot handle DNG files, what he hell!
Anyway, thx again. The S2 is no Phase--thank goodness! If it were I wouldn't see the option. It\\S2 has a way to go, but may yet be in my future, but more because "if you can't carry the camera, you'll not get the shoot":lecture: It was very easy to use. (Now how about a brighter top lcd?....)
Thx again all
Victor
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