I started using RAW files today

[brancho]

I have finally got Photoshop and I have started using RAW files and its great


I went out this morning and shot this. The shot is a JPEG produced by my camera with minus stop to prevent the highlights blowing.

I used a RAW file to produce this image from the same shot.

Maybe not the best shot ever but I am working on it.

 

[Adze]

Pretty good mate! I like that lots.

 

[brancho]

Adam
How far the spot in the shot are you?

 

[Adze]

If that's Wastwater looking NE towards Wasdale Head... then about 30 miles or thereabouts. Call it an hour by landy. I'm in Ulverston.

 

[Prodigal Son]

Hi Alf, great shot!!

I always shoot raw with medium jpg. 8 out of 10 I just use the jpg and a little tweak in PS usually does what I need.

However when there's a lot of contrast raw is fantastic.

 

[Thijzzz]

If that's Wastwater looking NE towards Wasdale Head... then about 30 miles or thereabouts. Call it an hour by landy. I'm in Ulverston.

Looks like it, was there 2 years ago on holiday. Stunning area.

 

[brancho]

If that's Wastwater looking NE towards Wasdale Head...

Yeah it is and last week looking at the tide marks the camera would have been under water.

 

[Rumcajs]

Alf, nice shots.
You don't need PS to produce good shots. HDR looks nice but there is always risk of overdoing it. To have it nicely exposed you could use ND Grad filter, and don’t forget the rule of third.

 

[Adze]

Yeah it is and last week looking at the tide marks the camera would have been under water.

Easily - went to Bowness on Tuesday and Windermere was still a good six foot over it's 'normal' level, but nowhere near as high as it had been.

I took some pics on my phone...

The bridge over the Leven at Newby Bridge:

Depth gauge:

Windermere from Bowness - note floating pontoons on the left:

The pontoons are at their maximum height - wouldn't like to be tied up tight to that deck or you'd be at the same depth as that bin

Cheers,

 

[Laurentius]

I have yet to try saving files as RAW mainly because of the desire not to run out of memory somewhere way off from my ability to download everything off the camera.

However this picture seems as good a reason to experiment as any, I frequently find, (as indeed with 35mm before) that there is way too much contrast in the shots to avoid either a washed out sky or lack of detail in the foreground.

Playing with the gamma and the levels in Photoshop helps it some but is never wholly satisfactory. So what technically is it about RAW that makes it possible to recover an otherwise spoiled shot so completely?

 

[lamper]

The BIG BIG BIG advantages to RAW are

- No need to worry about the Whte Balance - can be set later.
- No processing on camera - means you can extract and emphasize suttle tones like in sunsets and water

 

[woodspirits]

lovely picture alf, the composition was spot on imo

 

[Wayland]

Nice shot.

Welcome to the World of Raw. I doubt if you'll go back now.

 

[brancho]

Nice shot.

Welcome to the World of Raw. I doubt if you'll go back now.

I will not be going back you have so much more control.