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<blockquote data-quote="Pretzel" data-source="post: 226163" data-attributes="member: 12257">In this case, just a better picture.&nbsp; I'd love to end up with a quality B&amp;W out of it, but the main goal, in starting, is in sharpening up an ISO 800 image.&nbsp; Fixing up the contrast and feel to get a decent picture from the RAW.&nbsp; I'm a rookie LR5 editor, just picked up PS CC tonight, so no idea what to do with it yet.Here's a quick crop closer to the original shot, tried a quick masked run-over with the adjustment brush to drop the exposure a bit on everything but the chimp.[ATTACH]61191[/ATTACH]And another with the whole exposure dropped a tiny bit (-.25), and a little extra black and highlight clipping.[ATTACH]61192[/ATTACH]Just realized how much that black mat makes the picture pop a little more.&nbsp; I may start running with that as a normal thing. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pretzel, post: 226163, member: 12257"] In this case, just a better picture. I'd love to end up with a quality B&W out of it, but the main goal, in starting, is in sharpening up an ISO 800 image. Fixing up the contrast and feel to get a decent picture from the RAW. I'm a rookie LR5 editor, just picked up PS CC tonight, so no idea what to do with it yet. Here's a quick crop closer to the original shot, tried a quick masked run-over with the adjustment brush to drop the exposure a bit on everything but the chimp. [ATTACH=CONFIG]61191._xfImport[/ATTACH] And another with the whole exposure dropped a tiny bit (-.25), and a little extra black and highlight clipping. [ATTACH=CONFIG]61192._xfImport[/ATTACH] Just realized how much that black mat makes the picture pop a little more. I may start running with that as a normal thing. :) [/QUOTE]

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