scho
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Thank you Roy. I have been shooting this willow grove that is on my daily walking route for several years. Very old trees that will soon be gone.Carl: very nice pics, especially the last one...the trees.
Roy Benson
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Thank you Roy. I have been shooting this willow grove that is on my daily walking route for several years. Very old trees that will soon be gone.Carl: very nice pics, especially the last one...the trees.
Roy Benson
Thanks CarlVery nice Lee. Great detail and sharp. How did you like working with Silkypix? I do the minimum processing in SP and then like you have done work on the tif in LR. Sure hope we get raw support soon form Adobe.
Thanks Carl
Silkypix on my Mac is rather slow so I prefer not to do much with it. I used the Super Neutral preset and export it as TIFF with no sharpening.
I was able to get a better result this way for this particular image as the JPEG seemed to lose a lot of the detail in the mid tone to brighter parts but I am not sure why. Playing with a few others, I had better results with the JPEGs, so it seems to depend on the image. One thing is for sure, using auto-dr does a great job of preserving highlights. I may next try using standard DR (100%) and making sure I don't blow highlights by keeping an eye on the histogram and see how that compares.
Cheers
Lee
Hi VivekLee, Try playing with the "demoscaicing sharpening" before saving the file. This has a very big impact on the files, especially with cams with no AA filter.
Oh for sure - and also stand-up paddle boarding and dragon boat racing on the inlet.Omg... Do people still roller skate these days?
Beautiful garden flowers Roy.35/1,4 / Pro-X: all jpeg images...more macro pics, this time stopping down, around F/8 - F11 at 250th, ISO 400. Easter time in South Florida produces these spectacular amaryllis blooms...hope they have been well served here.
Roy Benson
Looks good Lee. I also leave AUTO DR on and haven't seen any negative aspects of doing this yet.Another from Silkypix but most PP in LR. I may be getting the hang of it. I still think they are better (even from RAW) if auto-dr is enabled.
Lee
It's funny you say that. We had our first Dragon Boat races yesterday here on Perdido Key and as I write this, am repairing a ding on my daughter's paddleboard! How crazy is that!Oh for sure - and also stand-up paddle boarding and dragon boat racing on the inlet.
Beautiful garden flowers Roy.
Looks good Lee. I also leave AUTO DR on and haven't seen any negative aspects of doing this yet.
Here is one taken today at the marina under cloudy skies. XP1+18mm f/2. Lens is OK, but not in the same league as the 35. SEP2 conversion of camera jpeg.
Looks fine Lee. I've been keeping default sharpening, but -2 noise reduction.Great shots Roy. I tried some yesterday with in-camera sharpening set to zero. At first when I looked at them I had forgotten this and wondered if I had the dreaded 'bad AF syndrome' about which some people speak! But no, they sharpen up nicely in LR - I went up to 45 here:
Not sure if better or worse than the default sharpening in the camera.
Lee
Great detail and color in your garden shots Roy.Back in the garden early this AM: 35/1.4 / Pro-X-1. All jpegs...minimal processing, some cropped...again, great rendering of fine detail.