Post your 'before' and 'after' pictures

[J-see]

Sorry J-see don't see the point

point?

It's just a pre and post shot. Lemme add what I looks like when solely adjusting exposure.

 

[wornish]

Sorry J-see don't see the point

Me too. Normalising just reduces the dynamic range and the shot loses impact.

 

[J-see]

Me too. Normalising just reduces the dynamic range and the shot loses impact.

Normalising implies adjusting the shot exposure. I shoot native ISO all the time. I actually preserve my whole dynamic range.

 

[Kendall_]

Just flipped through most of this thread and wow, it has opened my eyes to post processing. I think I am going to start shooting in RAW now. I haven't been doing it since I don't do much editing and it seemed like my fps dropped with RAW+JPEG (Fine).

 

[Bill16]

I'm a big fan of raw, but there is a lot of learning involved in postprocessing. Just saying, so you don't expect too much too quickly.
Though my buddy [MENTION=31330]J-see[/MENTION] can seem to make it work like magic, it is harder than it seems! Lol But maybe it will be easier for you! I'm just a slow learner likely, and even if your not great at it and a slow learner like I am, it still allows you to do a lot without lowering the quality of the file! While a jpeg being post processed does lose a little every time you mess with it!
I hope to one day be half as good at it as J-see is, and I'll be happy! Lol

Just flipped through most of this thread and wow, it has opened my eyes to post processing. I think I am going to start shooting in RAW now. I haven't been doing it since I don't do much editing and it seemed like my fps dropped with RAW+JPEG (Fine).

 

[J-see]

Nothing as fun as something challenging.

SOOC:



After some tweaking:

 

[wornish]

Thought I'd give RT a try.
@J-see are you using Raw Therapy on your Mac and if so what version are you running and what OS X release.

 

[J-see]

Thought I'd give RT a try.
@J-see are you using Raw Therapy on your Mac and if so what version are you running and what OS X release.

I use the version for 10.10 you can download on site; 4.2.1. There's no newer release for 10.10 yet. But I also use Affinity Photo for Mac which does a good job when it comes to shadows/highlights.

Be prepared to get a slider overdose.

 

[Tom Grove]

1st picture is cropped, but otherwise SOC...



After DxO, Photomatix, and Lightroom...



...and this was my 1st successful attempt at using the eraser tool in PS!

 

[Blade Canyon]

after dxo, photomatix, and lightroom...

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wow!

 

[Tom Grove]

wow!

Thank you!

 

[J-see]

I redid this one and had some fun with multiple processing and blending.

SOOC:



RT & Affinity:

 

[Horoscope Fish]

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[aced19]

Time for a new truck.
Great before and after shot. LOL
High winds in a storm caused it to come down.

 

[RocketCowboy]

Time for a new truck.
Great before and after shot. LOL
High winds in a storm caused it to come down.

View attachment 159548

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That is NOT the kind of before and after we're looking forward to here. Glad you weren't in that truck at the time.

 

[aced19]

That is NOT the kind of before and after we're looking forward to here. Glad you weren't in that truck at the time.

I know.
We was lucky it was just the trucks not the house. BTW it took out two trucks.

 

[Moab Man]

I know.
We was lucky it was just the trucks not the house. BTW it took out two trucks.

I know Photoshop is pretty powerful, but I think this might be beyond even its capability.

 

[hsiehjon]

 

[Fortkentdad]

Original - just converted from RAW to JPG

After some fun in Corel's Paintshop

 

[Felisek]