There's no way to fix the bird without affecting detail so I leave it as is. It isn't really a problem when you see the shot on its own. At times there isn't enough light to get what I want. The fellow was eating so any slow shutter would have resulted in blur.
Post your 'before' and 'after' pictures
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There's no way to fix the bird without affecting detail so I leave it as is. It isn't really a problem when you see the shot on its own. At times there isn't enough light to get what I want. The fellow was eating so any slow shutter would have resulted in blur.
Take a look at MacPhun Intensify Pro it supports masks so you can adjust specific areas of a shot without affecting others.
I can do that with Affinity too but usually do it manually. By the time I created my mask, I did most of the edit.
Take a look. it's easy peasy as they say. And you simply paint on the mask.
Just saw this thread today. I had an interesting shot last weekend and a great reason to shoot RAW.
I was shooting an outdoor concert at night on the Detroit River. Camera was setup for the lights on stage obviously;
Manual, 1/320, f2.8, ISO 640. I had the D7100 & Tamron 70-200 f2.8 VC.
I turned to my right and saw the Detroit Princess Riverboat rolling up the river with a BIG moon right behind it. Without changing any settings, I took a few quick shots.
Below is the shot SOOC (only imported to LR and exported as JPG). After is with a few edits in LR
#ShootRAW
I was shooting an outdoor concert at night on the Detroit River. Camera was setup for the lights on stage obviously;
Manual, 1/320, f2.8, ISO 640. I had the D7100 & Tamron 70-200 f2.8 VC.
I turned to my right and saw the Detroit Princess Riverboat rolling up the river with a BIG moon right behind it. Without changing any settings, I took a few quick shots.
Below is the shot SOOC (only imported to LR and exported as JPG). After is with a few edits in LR
#ShootRAW
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Bourbon Neat
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Wow, how awesome to catch that very moment. Well done.
Bourbon Neat
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Working a new flash setup. First is sooc to LR for export as jpeg. Second is adjusted white balance and auto tone. No crop or noise reduction.
Bourbon Neat
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Which adjustment is closer to the real thing? Fur coloring and collar? And why are they different? Very curious because I know that you are not color blind.
The dog was more than 10 years old so it is safe to assume the second is closer to reality. I had a habit of lifting the shadows too much which results in too bright images. They're colorful but lack shadow detail.
Here's the unprocessed shot:
A part of the difference is also processing in RGB vs LAB.
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Bourbon Neat
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Keep in mind who this is coming from. Not a critique at all, just how color deficient vision sees. The first image is of a golden dog, the second of silver. Would the difference in processing the second include less orange saturation, and more contrast (or clarity)?
I think the first is saturated too much. I always shoot native ISO but when processing in RGB in the past, when I increased luminosity, I also affected the colors which results in too colorful images, especially when lifting the shadows too much and pushing them towards the midtones.
The second only has minimal exposure increase in RGB and the rest was increased using LAB where luminosity is a separate value. I also did not lift the shadows. There's more contrast than in the first. You even see it in the water. There's also a lot more detail in the second. I didn't have wavelets those days.
Mind you, I liked the first shot when I processed it but these days I prefer the more natural look. The first is almost like the same dog at a young age while the second shows it as is.
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Michael J.
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ooc
pp in LR5
after using DxO ViewPoint 2 (just tested )
after modified in LR
pp in LR5
after using DxO ViewPoint 2 (just tested )
after modified in LR
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Bourbon Neat
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Held up well in the crop.
Bourbon Neat
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Certainly interesting. Makes the flowers stand out much more than they do in the first exampleWent a little overboard with the Color FX-Pro thing. Oh well, I like it!
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